drifts & scatters

Saturday, June 13, 2009

hungry and fearless and thirsty and supple


may my heart always be open to little
birds who are the secrets of living
whatever they sing is better than to know
and if men should not hear them men are old

may my mind stroll about hungry
and fearless and thirsty and supple
and even if it's sunday may i be wrong
for whenever men are right they are not young

and may myself do nothing usefully
and love yourself so more than truly
there's never been quite such a fool who could fail
pulling all the sky over him with one smile

{e. e. cummings}




{drawings: aleksandra kopff}

4 Comments:

Blogger melissa said...

i love that poem!

10:56 AM, June 15, 2009  
Blogger Shawna said...

I love birds! and that poem :)

8:23 PM, June 15, 2009  
Blogger cris said...

lovely. thanks for posting that. i've not read that one before (that i recall).

2:28 PM, June 16, 2009  
Anonymous Susanna said...

so lovely!

8:07 PM, June 17, 2009  

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