by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962)
the bigness of cannon Matches original text
Language: English
the bigness of cannon is skilful, but i have seen death's clever enormous voice which hides in a fragility of poppies. . . . i say that sometimes on these long talkative animals are laid fists of huger silence. I have seen all the silence full of vivid noiseless boys at Roupy i have seen between barrages, the night utter ripe unspeaking girls.
First published in Seven Poems, no. 2 in The Dial magazine, January 1920.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "the bigness of cannon", 2008 [ medium voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings (1894 - 1962), no title, appears in Tulips and Chimneys, in 1. Tulips, in 5. La Guerre, no. 1, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 63