i thank You God for most this amazing

Recording of E. E. Cummings (1894-1962) reading his poem "i thank You God for most this amazing" from his book "XAIPE."

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any--lifted from the no
of allnothing--human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)



The recording is from New York on May 28, 1953, and was on an old LP I found at a garage sale.

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[Erfp79]

The most beautiful poem I have ever heard!

[ahahahayeahright]

thanks so much for uploading.he says so clearly what i feel so deeply-- feelings i thought were inarticulable.

[cathml]

Tingles from listening to E.E. Cummings read this most beautiful poem. I'm grateful for this gift.

[oretoescola]

Thank you so much

[topekabill]

What a clear copy from an old LP! Thanks for sharing, and the photo.

[Teddybearman]

Oh my god, goosebumps! Thanks for this!

[whyvoni]

Thank you for posting this.

[christoperfect]

I can't stop listening to this... It's as if he knows exactly what the human ear desires.