by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
i walked the boulevard
Language: English
i walked the boulevard i saw a dirty child skating on noisy wheels of joy pathetic dress fluttering behind her a mothermonster with red grumbling face cluttered in pursuit pleasantly elephantine while nearby the father a thick cheerful man with majestic bulbous lips and forlorn piggish hands joked to a girlish whore with buy rhythmic mouth and silly purple eyelids of how she was with child
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Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), "Portraits IV", appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, copyright status unknown [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eric Whitacre (b. 1970), "i walked the boulevard", 2009-2010 [ baritone or chorus and piano ], from The City and the Sea, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-18
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Word count: 66