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Most popular poem of the summer?

Originally Published: August 31, 2011

On our site, anyway, the most popular poem of the summer--by FAR-- is this 1952 gem from ee cummings, "[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]."

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear;and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

The traffic comes in from a wide variety of sources, from people searching for the poem to links from engagement sites, all adding up to thousands upon thousands of readers. Not bad for a sixty year old poem full of semi-colons.

Nice job, ee!