by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
between green
Language: English
between green
mountains
sings the flinger
of
fire beyond red rivers
of fair perpetual
feet the
sinuous
riot
the
flashing
bacchant.
partedpetaled
mouth,face
delirious. indivisible
grace
of dancing
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Note: this poem entered the public domain in 2021.
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in XLI Poems, in 1. Songs, no. 7, first published 1925 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Elliot Kaplan (b. 1931), "between green", published 1965 [ voice and piano ], from Six Etudes for Voice and Piano [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-04-04
Line count: 17
Word count: 28