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Dive For Dreams

By E.E. Cummings


dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)

trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)

honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at this wedding)

never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for god likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)

[E.E. Cummings, ninety-five poems]

Please forgive me...a week and a day late....

No worries, Manny. I like this a lot, I would say it was worth waiting for.

Never read anything by e. e. Cummings; interesting

Thanks for this Manuel. I don't know much about this author even though I've heard of him, so it's nice to get a chance to read one of his poems.

I love the sentiment in this poem Manny - I think it's wise. My favorite lines are "trust your heart / if the seas catch fire".

This is the second poem by e e Cummings shared as a Monday Poem, and I've quite liked both of them!

Thank you for posting...my first week in this group and 2 poems instead of 1...very nice!

Thanks for this poem, Manny. From the first words, "Dive for dreams," I feel a kind of connection to an interior place of peace and hopefulness.

Tejas Janet wrote: "Thanks for this poem, Manny. From the first words, "Dive for dreams," I feel a kind of connection to an interior place of peace and hopefulness."

I like what you said...I was struggling how to put into words my feelings reading this poem, but it definitely touched me.

I've read this through quite a few times now, like I always do with poems that aren't instantly understandable. And I like it more and more. I love the third verse the best - what a wonderful way of looking at life.