Xaipe (1950)

by e. e. cummings

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XAIPE (Greek for "rejoice"), which first appeared in 1950, contains some of E. E. Cummings's finest work.

Among many poems can be found "dying is fine)but Death," "so many selves(so many friends and gods," "when serpents bargain for the right to squirm," "no time ago," "I thank You God for most this amazing," and "now all the fingers of this tree(darling)have."

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