Cover art for R-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r by ​e. e. cummings

R-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r

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R-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r Lyrics

                    R-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r
          who
a)s w(e loo)k
upnowgath
          PPEGORHRASS
                    Eringint(o-
aThe):l
     eA
         !p:
S                     a
               (r
RIvInG           .gRrEaPsPhOs)
to
rea(be)rran(com)gi(e)ngly
,grasshopper;

Note: look for this poem in its original typewritten version, with correct spacing, and you might just see the grasshopper in there!

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What is eringint
Genius Answer

The poem is a grasshopper hopping all over the place.
The grasshopper even hops into the middle of words.
In this case we need to look before the second rearrangement of grasshopper, putting the words back together as gatheringint(o-) or gathering in to.

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