Persephone Arbour

I thought I would set you a challenge! I have always loved the funny, intelligent madness of e.e.cumming’s poetry. He breaks all the rules and in the middle of his strange, unique grammar I find deep truths.

let it go

let it go – the
smashed word broken
open vow or
the oath cracked length
wise – let it go it
was sworn to
go

let them go – the
truthful liars and
the false fair friends
and the boths and
neithers – you must let them go they
were born
to go

let all go – the
big small middling
tall bigger really
the biggest and all
things – let all go
dear

so comes love

~ e. e. cummings ~
(Complete Poems 1904-1962)

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