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| 1944 | Loren MacIver Jimmy Savo's Shoes | Oil On Canvas Source: MoMA |
Although Savo was a popular and critically acclaimed performer in the decades between the two World Wars, it may well be that he will be best remembered as the subject of the poem in which E.E. Cummings described the "(childlost / so;ul / )foundclown"
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The radically different appearance of this poem may bewilder and confuse a reader not familiar with Cummings’ poetry. The poet’s intention, however, was not to baffle the reader but to communicate visually as well as verbally. This poem defies reading aloud. Much of its effect would be lost in the reading, for the appeal is greater to the eye than to the ear. It is what Cummings called a "poem-picture" and can perhaps be termed "visual poetry."Source: SPRING. The Journal Of The E.E. Cummings Society
(WHY DOES NOBODY TALK ABOUT) CLOWN SHOES?
TBAMFW # 20
SHOES & ART
1932 - 2009
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| 1944 | Loren MacIver Portrait Of Jimmy Savo Source: Mutual Art |
