As Large As Alone
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With the monsoon finally spent, walks to the beach resume.
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maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach (to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn’t remember her troubles, and
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles: and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea
e e cummings
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Pictures all taken from the footpath beside Fort Cochin seafront.
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“as small as a world and as large as alone” … thank you for sharing your beauty
December 9, 2010 at 10:16 pm
i love e e cummings, and this poem is beautiful in a tragic sense.
December 10, 2010 at 9:14 am
It starts so simply and innocently..
Then you find it is speaking of much more profound explorations
December 10, 2010 at 10:27 am
Did you know that they think that the slime on a starfish might contain chemicals that would help to treat arthritis and other inflammatory diseases?
December 10, 2010 at 12:17 pm
No, I didn’t.
But, now I do, both me and my zimmer frame will be on the beach tonight, sliming up…
December 10, 2010 at 12:57 pm