the trick (after E.E. Cummings)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by whimsygizmo

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finding what we did
……..n’t lose
yet
….existing.

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5 Responses to the trick (after E.E. Cummings)

anne katherine says:

August 7, 2014 at 7:41 pm

I like what you’ve done with his words here.
I like the play between finding what we did — or didn’t lose.
It would seem to speak to a great tragedy; but the tragedy seems to really our mental state – the fact that we don’t appreciate what’s there; we don’t realize what we have or what we do to each other, a lot of times.
And yet existing — And yet we march forward with our self-deceptions; as if everything is fine. Or the sheer idea that we are able to exist in spite of our horrid human nature. The trick indeed.

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Shawna says:

August 10, 2014 at 5:49 pm

B-
rill-
i-
ant.

finding what we did
finding what we didn’t lose
finding what we didn’t lose yet
finding what we didn’t lose yet, existing
finding what we didn’t lose, yet existing
finding what we didn’t; lose yet, existing?

A curious, thoughtful reader could go on forever with something like this. The “trick” is making a poem short enough to ponder without losing the ADD crowd (me). Mission accomplished. And you’ve given me profound nuggets to kick around even after I’ve walked away because it’s short enough to memo-(ou)r-ize.

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Shawna says:

August 11, 2014 at 1:50 pm

n’t lose
empty lose … no meaning or purpose behind the loss
in tea lose … tea leaves, telling the future

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Shawna says:

August 12, 2014 at 3:01 pm

ant lose, duh

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whimsygizmo says:

August 13, 2014 at 12:32 pm

Thanks so much for “getting” me, Girls. 🙂

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