maggie and milly and molly and may

I adore E.E. Cummings work, so I thought today I would share this simple, yet insightful poem about the beauty of self-discovery. Enjoy!

maggie and milly and molly and may

maggie 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)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea

- E.E. Cummings

**Though Cummings is well-known for the decapitalization (e.e.) of his name, it is interesting to note that he did prefer to capitalize the E.E., as Norman Friedman explains here.

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