--- product_id: 8293849 title: "100 Selected Poems" brand: "e. e. cummings" price: "₹ 1715" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/8293849-100-selected-poems store_origin: IN region: India --- # 100 Selected Poems **Brand:** e. e. cummings **Price:** ₹ 1715 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 100 Selected Poems by e. e. cummings - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 1715 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/8293849-100-selected-poems) ## Best For - e. e. cummings enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted e. e. cummings brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description 100 Selected Poems ## Images ![100 Selected Poems - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61VrZ0ek6AL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Depends *by M***G on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 3, 2020* If you like Cummings, you'll like the book. Cummings was almost worshiped when I was an undergraduate. His reputation then started to decline as it came to be felt that his technique was more trickery and an attempt to snag attention than a way to impart greater meaning. After some years of almost benign neglect, I have seen more and more references to Cummings and suspect that with some winnowing, his reputation may tend to move toward an equilibrium. Some of the poems are quite good and some are too gimmick-infused for my taste. Read and decide!As an end note, the layout of the book does the content no favors. The type is quite small [9 or 10 point] and the inter-lineal spacing is tight. Because of the title, "100 Selected Poems," each poem is given a huge number that hovers above the text but not balanced on the page spread. None of this affects the contents, but it makes ease of reading a hit-and-run victim. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ do your brain a favor *by H***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 19, 2013* Edward Estlin Cummings has been a favorite of mine since I first experienced his poetry, his art, while at Sewanee... it must have been in 1959...maybe 1960. His poetry can turn your brain outside in and shake all the crap that's worrying you out like hanging out your wet, clean underwear. His stylized printing of his name in all lower case fascinated me. His total abandonment of convention made him, to me, a renegade hero. And of course I, like hundreds of other aspiring writers, imitated or attempted to imitate him. I didn’t come close. There are other volumes of Cummings’ work in my library. I’m going to keep this thin volume in my backpack. You never know when a brain jog will help. I’m in advertising…TV, radio and print and I see a little of his influence prying its way to the surface in a lot of the stuff I produce. I know it’s there; I doubt that anyone else notices. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ranging From Profound to Messy *by T***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 8, 2009* I like to refer to E. E. Cummings as a master of metaphor and incoherency. He may have a list of stupidly random words and phrases like "colon hobby photography" in a poem and then suddenly use a really neat phrase like "pulling all the sky over him with one smile" in the midst of the messy jumble.But he RARELY becomes more coherent for more than a stanza. Here's one I think is good:pleasure and pain are merely surfaces(one itself showing, itself hiding one)life's only and true value neither islove makes the little thickness of the coinAnd here's one that ain't quite up to it:nothing may, quiteyour my (my yourand) self without,completely darebe beautifulAnyhow, in addition to a large mess, there are many good metaphors in his poems - comparing the sun to a worker striking for a living wage, and death putting on a universe (like a garment I imagine), but his primary trait that sets him apart from other poets seems to be his constant personification of words like when, where, until, most, etc. The punctuation really isn't very noticable.I like the imagination of Cummings, but sometimes he's just too incoherent for my taste. Although he did say a few things I'd like to keep in mind:"Deeds cannot dream what dreams can do""How should contented fools of fact envision the mystery of freedom?"These kind of remind me of the Road Song of the Bandar Log from the Jungle Book. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/8293849-100-selected-poems](https://www.desertcart.in/products/8293849-100-selected-poems) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-04-30*