I've loved the playful, joyful poetry of e.e. cummings since as far back as I can remember—high school? College? I know that my collections of his work are all worn and tattered. So when I read that the Poetry Sisters challenged themselves to write poems in his style, I decided to try it, too. They each chose a particular poem to echo; I just wrote. Here's mine:
earlier than
bustle
(coffee, frontporch, spiderwebs shimmering)
dog stares at passersby
(what is she thinking?)
i fill my
heart
with chirps, tweets, & twitters
justforthismoment
harmony reigns
only thing
m i s s i n g
is You
The Poetry Sisters are Liz Garton Scanlon, Laura Purdie Salas, Tricia Stohr-Hunt, Sara Lewis Holmes, Kelly Ramsdell Fineman, Andromeda Jazmon Sibley, and Tanita S. Davis.
You can hear them all reading their poems here. Enjoy!