Seasons
Oh, the seasons—those shifting annual weather patterns that all you Californians have forgotten about. Being an east-coaster, Cummings saw plenty of seasons come and go and seemed to be totally o...
Singing
To hear the speaker tell it, his father just couldn't stop singing. His singing also apparently gave him amazing super-powers, with which he could control the very forces of nature. (Wow, he should...
Funerals
This poem is an elegy, meaning it's written in honor of someone who's died. So, it's no shocker that it includes some imagery that reminds us of funerals. The piece never gets too on-the-nose with...