in Just-

in Just-

spring when the world is mud-

luscious the little

lame balloonman

whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it's

spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer

old balloonman whistles

far and wee

and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's

spring

and

the

goat-footed

balloonMan whistles

far

and

wee

e.e. cummings


I first encountered this poem in my poetry class last year. Even before we dissected and interpreted it as a class, I was intrigued by it. It could've been because the unique layout of the poem or the odd placement and juxtaposition of words...I honestly don't really know, but I was drawn to it. Anyway, it's really eery, but I really like it. Read it a couple of times and try to figure out what it's all about.