At the Seaside (V)

e.e. cummings (1894-1962) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard University, gaining a BA in 1915 and his MA in 1916, where his studies there introduced him to the poetry of avant-garde writers such as Gertrude Stein and Ezra Pound.

At the Seaside (I)

People are fascinated by the sea, perhaps because they emerged from its waters in some primordial past and, like sea-shells, they carry its echo in their minds.