Selections
for April 17, 2013 Boulder Great Books Discussion Group meeting:
Margaret Atwood, Helen of Troy Does Counter Dancing
Billy Collins, Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes
A Terry Gross Fresh Air interview with Collins for reference.
e e cummings in Complete Poems 1904-1962, edited by G.J. Firmage:
somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond (page 367
and audio read by cummings),
what if a much of a which of a wind (page 560),
since feeling is first (page 291)
[errata for link: ‘- -> –’, ‘other; then -> other:then’, ‘laugh, leaning -> laugh,leaning’],
who knows if the moon's (page 202)
[errata for link, the last verse should be shaped like:
always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves ]
seeker of truth (page 775).
You can also hear cummings read some of his poetry on CD. Through Prospector, search http://www.coalliance.org/prospector/ for ‘cummings voice of the poet sound recording’.