#8 i like my body when it is with your - e. e. cummings

e. e. cummings is another favorite poet of mine. He famously did not title any of his poems, so they always are titled by the first line of the poem. One of my favorite love poems. So vivid. I especially love the terms "shocking fuzz of your electric furr" and "And eyes big love-crumbs," -- just brilliant.


i like my body when it is with your
e. e. cummings

i like my body when it is with your
body. It is so quite new a thing.
Muscles better and nerves more.
i like your body.  i like what it does,
i like its hows.  i like to feel the spine
of your body and its bones,and the trembling
-firm-smooth ness and which i will
again and again and again
kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,
i like, slowly stroking the, shocking fuzz
of your electric furr, and what-is-it comes
over parting flesh….And eyes big love-crumbs,

and possibly i like the thrill

of under me you so quite new