Sunset by E. E. Cummings

View this email on a browser Forward to a friend September 25, 2016   Sunset   E. E. Cummings

Great carnal mountains crouching in the cloud That marrieth the young earth with a ring, Yet still its thoughts builds heavenward, whence spring Wee villages of vapor, sunset-proud.— And to the meanest door hastes one pure-browed White-fingered star, a little, childish thing, The busy needle of her light to bring, And stitch, and stitch, upon the dead day’s shroud. Poises the sun upon his west, a spark Superlative,—and dives beneath the world; From the day’s fillets Night shakes out her locks; List! One pure trembling drop of cadence purled— “Summer!”—a meek thrush whispers to the dark. Hark! the cold ripple sneering on the rocks!            This poem is in the public domain. About This Poem   “Sunset” was published in Volume XCV of The Harvard Advocate on March 21, 1913.   E. E. Cummings was born on October 14, 1894, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His collections of poetry include Tulips and Chimneys (T. Seltzer, 1923) and 50 Poems (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940). He died on September 3, 1962. Poetry by Cummings   Selected Poems: E. E. Cummings (Liveright, 2007) "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" by Wallace Stevens "Tender Buttons [A Light in the Moon]" by Gertrude Stein "You Are Fire Eaters" by Marianne Moore Poem-a-Day   Launched during National Poetry Month in 2006, Poem-a-Day features new and previously unpublished poems by contemporary poets on weekdays and classic poems on weekends. Thanks for being a part of the Academy of American Poets community. To learn about other programs, including National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day, the annual Poets Forum, and more, visit Poets.org.   You are receiving this e-mail because you elected to subscribe to our mailing list. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click here.   © Academy of American Poets 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 901, New York, NY 10038