Slog - Comments on Apropos of Sunset http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset Some e. e. cummings (the spacing is his)--wrong season, but whatever: who are you,little i(five or six years old)peering from some highwindow;at the goldof november sunset(and feeling:that if dayhas to become nightthis is a beautiful way)... Copyright 2008 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:21:52 -0800 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:14:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Whozeewhatsit I'll tell you what I wish was cumming...an enormous whozeewhatsit!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Whozeewhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057377 Life Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:38:08 -0800 Comment by you're wow your lame

]]> you're http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057380 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057380 Life Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:51:06 -0800 Comment by V I love this one.

Thanks.

]]> V http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057383 Life Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:58:07 -0800 Comment by Catman Look at that sweet sunset.

]]> Catman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057384 Life Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:18:53 -0800 Comment by John DO NOT LET AMY KATE READ THIS

OR,PREPARE

FOR HEAD

EXPLOSION

AND LOTS OF RED,BRAIN GUNK ALL AROUND

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057409 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057409 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:24:00 -0800 Comment by Sven I was always amused that Cummings was not only not responsible for the lack of capitalization in his name when published but was against the decision at the time.

]]> Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057411 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057411 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:57:07 -0800 Comment by jack grammarisforuptightassholes

]]> jack http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057437 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057437 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:47:34 -0800 Comment by Greg God, what an insufferable douche he was. I'm glad he's dead.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057447 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057447 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:27:38 -0800 Comment by Simac On a tangential note, it's apparently a myth (perpetrated incorrectly in the preface to an edition of one of his books!) that E.E. Cummings legally had his named lower-cased and that he generally personally preferred the lower-case style. Neither is true:

http://www.gvsu.edu/english/cummings/caps.htm

via

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001808.html

]]> Simac http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057456 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:55:56 -0800 Comment by josh b god,this shit
(this e.e. cummings,shit)

always

gives

me


a.fucking.headache.
(so,stop,already)

]]> josh b http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057599 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057599 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:49:57 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Cummings is the only American poet of the 20th century worth reading.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057643 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057643 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:29:39 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball @11 -- Oh god, fnarf, you're an insufferable dunce.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/apropos_of_sunset#c1057981 Life Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:14:38 -0800