Sunday, April 8, 2007

Dead Poets Society Entry #2- e.e. cummings

One of my favorite dead poets is e.e. cummings (1894-1962) who wrote poems for both adults and children. I actually used this one in a class of mine at Danville Community College at the start of the semester. It is entitled "Buffalo Bill's," and was written in 1923.

Buffalo Bill's

Buffalo Bill's
defunct
          who used to
          ride a watersmooth- silver
and break onetwothreefourfive pigeonsjustlikethat
                                                                             Jesus
he was a handsome man
                                      and what i want to know is
how do you like your blueeyed boy
Mister Death

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