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A Poem by Allen Smuckler
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Just felt like reposting for my "new" friends... Old friends can read too if you'd like

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i fe(he)el    so ( lp

           less)           

in
a world of 
turmo &

                  il gr (ief

but

(i pray)              f
 o
   r

lo (&)                      i feel  atease (ve)

(on)to (ly
b
  e

dis/ by  heart/ the  ened/

sounds
       of
guns!! (he) th (lp) e
 
 o
w  ld    by  h        h
  r e     c
l   a
ping e - ;
o
  t
    h
       e
  r.

© 2012 Allen Smuckler


Author's Note

Allen Smuckler
another stab at e.e. cummings
written February 15, 1968
picture.. Brookgreen Gardens...Litchfield Beach, South Carolina (summer 2008)

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a very clever hedge of words

Posted 12 Years Ago


this was an amazing trip through a maze of a poem. i've never read e.e. cummings but i'm sure your work parallels his. i enjoyed figuring it out. although it is about a serious subject. i agree that we should all help one another.

Posted 12 Years Ago


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Very nice! I loved the structure and beautiful wordings. The picture suits the poem. Keep writing!

Posted 12 Years Ago


Allen..tnhis is so amazing! I am blown away once more...going to re-read...a fav for sure! xx

Posted 13 Years Ago


This had me intrigued for a long time and am still working on it....very few works get me so interested. I am very impressed.

Posted 13 Years Ago


You have great patience. I was forced in many poetry classes to write in many different styles. You did well with this poem. A excellent poem.
Coyote

Posted 13 Years Ago


now this is awesome....Allen i couldn't figure out in a million years how to do what you did....a great stab at e.e. cummings.

Posted 13 Years Ago


Very creative write and fabulous read. I myself can never quite peg the e.e. cummings feel. You've done a good job and this is a great write.

Posted 13 Years Ago


There's a statue that knows how to move .. incredible, just have to see it one day! Whose, please?

Cummings influenced and influences poets day in day out, from sonnet writer to free form scribbers like myself! His work has a way of turning meter on its head and shaping everything written into discordant brilliance. You've done what few can do, reached into cummings 'skin and found your own style with his essential influence. Great, congratulations!

Posted 13 Years Ago


Amazing! I've tried to emulate e.e.cummings but it never turns out like yours does. The words are touching, the message is inspiring and the structure is creative. Very nicely done, my friend!

Posted 13 Years Ago



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Allen Smuckler
Allen Smuckler

Sarasota, FL



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I'm a poet, a singer, a peaceful gunslinger.. looking to share my poetry..and a little bit of me...if I dare I 've been writing since I was 18.... am slightly older now, and still trying to fin.. more..

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