Cummings is a seducer that one neither wants to escape from nor should. This volume contains 45 selected poems by the American poet and painter E.E. Cummings (1894-1962), featuring both more traditionally formal and experimental works that showcase the full spectrum of Cummings' vivid and playful poetry. Sensual and wise, joyful and tender, these poems utilize the entire linguistic material—letters and symbols, shape and space—to address the eternal themes of poetry, love and death, in a completely new way. Surprising and enchanting, playful and inviting, Cummings' poems open eyes and hearts to a fresh perspective on life and language.