{"id":8435,"date":"2024-06-21T07:22:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/?p=8435"},"modified":"2024-06-21T07:22:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:22:20","slug":"e-e-cummings-i-thank-you-god-for-most-this-amazing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry-chaikhana.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/21\/e-e-cummings-i-thank-you-god-for-most-this-amazing\/","title":{"rendered":"e. e. cummings – i thank You God for most this amazing"},"content":{"rendered":"

i thank You God for most this amazing
\nby e. e. cummings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

i thank You God for most this amazing
\nday:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
\nand a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
\nwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes<\/p>\n

(i who have died am alive again today,
\nand this is the sun\u2019s birthday; this is the birth
\nday of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
\ngreat happening illimitably earth)<\/p>\n

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
\nbreathing any\u2013lifted from the no
\nof all nothing\u2013human merely being
\ndoubt unimaginable You?<\/p>\n

(now the ears of my ears awake and
\nnow the eyes of my eyes are opened)<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a> \u2014 from E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962<\/a>, by e. e. cummings<\/font><\/p>\n


\/ Image by Shahram Sharif<\/a> \/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

It is the summer solstice. A gorgeous morning here in Oregon, a day that inspires me to step outside and feel utter gratitude for simply being\u2026<\/p>\n

i thank You God for most this amazing
\nday:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
\nand a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
\nwhich is natural which is infinite which is yes<\/i><\/p>\n

I first read this more than thirty years ago, and I still get shivers reading those opening lines.<\/p>\n

The delightfully anarchic poetry of e. e. cummings is more than poetic art, there is something of the mystic experience in it, as well. This poem is a good example.<\/p>\n

The two parenthetical verses hint that he is describing much more than simply the natural joy of a beautiful day. There is something truly magical going on here\u2026<\/p>\n

He uses Biblical, ecstatic phrasing when he proclaims \u201c(now the ears of my ears are awake and \/ now the eyes of my eyes are opened).\u201d He isn\u2019t just saying this, he seems to shout it out to the \u201cgreat happening illimitably earth.\u201d This is seeing the inner nature of things, as they are in their true essence. This is not just seeing; he is seeing<\/i>, not with the eyes, but with the \u201ceyes of my eyes.\u201d Perceiving in this way, we invite the natural world in, as if we are ingesting it, integrating it into ourselves. Every experience becomes vivifying nutrition for the soul.<\/p>\n

In this new awareness, we perceive not only the living day all around us, we also recognize ourselves for the first time. It is a radical awakening, a new life, a birth of Self \u2014 <\/p>\n

i who have died and am alive again today.<\/i><\/p>\n

Have an amazing day!<\/p>\n


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<\/a>Recommended Books: e. e. cummings<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n\n

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E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n73 Poems<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n1 x 1 [One Times One]<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n50 Poems<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n95 Poems<\/a><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
More Books >><\/a><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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US (1894 \u2013 1962) Timeline<\/a>
\nSecular or Eclectic<\/a><\/a>
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More poetry by e. e. cummings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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