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“maggy and milly and molly and may”

maggy 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)
its always ourselves we find in the sea

Posted in Poetry, cummings, ee.

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  1. Angi Kenworthy said

    hey!!!! i love this poem. my sis showed it to me, and now i love it! its really creative! nice job. if i were you, i would be incredibly proud about this poem. bibi.

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    [...] m by Chris On the beach in Kodiak I kept thinking of these lines by e.e. cummings in one of my favorite childhood poems (still a favorite despit [...]

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