Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.
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Since the thing perhaps is to eat flowers and not to be afraid.
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Birth: | 14th October, 1894 |
Death: | 3rd September, 1962 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Poet |
Edward Estlin Cummings was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, two autobiographical novels, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as an eminent voice of 20th century poetry.
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