It's Mike Ettner's Blog » e. e. cummings http://www.mikeettner.com . . . and with no pretentious tagline! Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:33:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Measuring Spring http://www.mikeettner.com/02/2010/measuring-spring/ http://www.mikeettner.com/02/2010/measuring-spring/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:26:34 +0000 MikeEttner http://www.mikeettner.com/?p=2381 Yesterday, the snowpack was in retreat, revealing hidden activity in the front gardens on my block.

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In one of his poems e.e. cummings mocks the inventor who builds “an instrument to measure spring with.” His description of the inventor — “some oneyed son for a bitch”– brings to mind a camera.

Hands off my camera, e.e.

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