During April, National Poetry Month, we are posting a poem a day. If you would like to suggest one, please email it in. You do not need to be a romantic to appreciate the depth of feeling expressed in this E.E. Cummings classic. He is buried nearby here at Forest Hills Cemetary (see map).
[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in], E. E. Cummings
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
You can find a complete list of poems published to date here.