It was 1997, fall, 7th period class of English Literature.
The teacher, Mr B takes out a red covered book and starts reading this poem:
I had never heard it before, and I had never heard of the writer.
We were asked to guess who wrote the poem, and nobody guessed right.
But I left the class motivated to find out more about him once we were told it was mr. e. e. cummings.
I though, we have at least one initial in common. I’d like to know more of what he writes and because I really liked what I heard the first time. And that’s how my fascination with e. e. began.
“[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]” Copyright 1952, © from Complete Poems: 1904-1962 by E. E. Cummings, edited by George J. Firmage. Used by permission of Liveright Publishing Corporation.