My inspiration this week: ee Cummings. (AKA Edward Estlin Cummings)
I love his poetry because it is unique and inspirational. He writes his way - following no conventions but his own. His body of work is extraordinary, encompassing almost 3000 poems, two novels, four plays and numerous essays. Although his poetry is avant-gaurde he is still traditional in some ways. His twist on poetry is like no other. He often writes with no capitals or punctuation. If he does use punctuation it is scattered through out the poem - often making the poem read-aloud confusing. He usually writes in free verse and avoids use of rhyme or meter, although his poetry resembles some what the structures of a sonnet. Some are confused by his writings and dismiss him. I on the other hand am intrigued. I love looking for the hidden meaning in the broken structure. Punctuation, grammar, spelling, capitalization, syntax - are just rules we have made up to order our language. Cummings smashes through those rules and structure to pick apart language...and this is why he is my inspiration for the week.
Coming soon.....my version of ee Cummings poetry.
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