since feeling is first
e.e. cummings
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
—the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says
we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis
e.e. cummings
since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world
my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
—the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says
we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph
And death i think is no parenthesis
ASSIGNMENT
After you have digested the poem for a while, write a prompt worthy of this poem: ask a question that you feel this particular poem will yield amazing answers for. Turn the prompt in to Mrs. Eddy Thank you.
Next Day: Get a copy of all the prompts that students wrote yesterday from Mrs. Eddy.
Write for two minutes: brainstorm/pre-write an essay in response to each prompt.
Make a note of the most promising prompt and the least promising prompt. Turn in your writing.
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