E.E. Cum C (A Tribute To E.E. Cummings) Poem by Laurence Overmire

e. e. oh oh you saw what where)
principles laid (remarkably in tight too

no one diddle daddle up) down (sides
round a bramble stick thorn in

hollow heads? fly mooned cow space
low-downed Revolution tat-a-rat tat

Oh! you hit apple pie ala
mother lode:

tipped open shut doors
spilled milk muddied minds

blast wide furnace words
sharpened Keyholes edge

wise) e.e. oh oh ho ho ho
my tip tap off hat (you!


(Previously published in Aileron, Winter '99)