Tulips and Chimneys

Tulips and Chimneys is a collection of poetry by E. E. Cummings, published in 1926. The collection is the first dedicated exclusively to Cummings' poetry; his work had been published previously alongside others' in Eight Harvard Poets.

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E. E. Cummings - 1926

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Though most of the poems in this collection are conventional both in form and typography, a number of them feature the eccentric and unorthodox poetic style for which Cummings is well known.

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Cummings would have preferred that the title be "Tulips & Chimneys" (with an ampersand), but his request was disregarded by the publisher. http://www.slate.com/id/2117098/

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Tulips and Chimneys feature, among others, the poems "All in green went my love riding" and 'Buffalo Bill's".

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