Erika's Reviews > Erotic Poems

Cummings is one of the few poets whose work wholly humbles me every time. Usually, it is a mixture of (1) me having to read the poems multiple times to make sure I understand them (and even then...) and (2) a reverence for his irreverant (and that's a good thing here) manipulation of the English language. He takes a subject as arguably cut-and-dried as sex and conveys in stylized detail the honest romp--not only of the act being portrayed, but in his shuffling around of parts of speech to say things, as I see it, perfectly. And it doesn't come off creepy. He is a wordsmith, through and through, and I can only hope that even ONE thing I write has the same powerful and memorable effect on a reader as his work has on me...