Tattoo idea: ee cummings poem?

Question

e.e cummings is my favorite poet, and his poem i carry your heart with me is by far my favorite and most meaningful in my life.
I want to get a part of the poem tattooed on my, not the whole thing, but cannot decide which part, or the placement of the tattoo.
I have three tattoos already : foot, ankle, and lower back, so excluding those places where should i get it, and what part of the poem. Here is the poem:

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 the 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)

Additional Details

sorry for confusion. I DONT want the whole poem just a part of it, but can't decide which part since I love it all!

Answer 1

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i like "i fear no fate for you are my fate,my sweet...i want
no world,for beautiful you are my world,my true" i think the ribs or hip would be a good spot to get it.

Answer 2

I personally love this poem, and it's a really nice idea. The only thing is that it's long.

Answer 3

Whats this about again?

Answer 4

Since it is so long i would say your back, start at the top and work your way down.

Answer 5

what about:

"i carry your heart with me,
for beautiful you are my world,
my true."

i like that.
and you should consider like your upper back, maybe your shoulder blade or partly to the neck or your wrist in tinier letters

Answer 6

that is a beautiful poem! i love the idea. but who or what is the tattoo for?

i think that you should get this part tattooed:

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

you don't want to get too much, simple is sometimes better! i am also thinking maybe get two hearts in the background one inside the other! it would be cute!

i think it would look good in the middle of your upper back or on your shoulder blade. good luck with everything and i hope it works out for you!

Source(s):

i have many tattoos of my own!

Answer 7

I think that this would be best:
'i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)'

done possible with images.. or written in a heart shape, maybe with the parenthesis part inside the implied heart of the 1st part. This refers to the poem the most, and identifies it. It is it's essence.

or this part over your heart:
'here is the deepest secret nobody knows'

I think that you need some image design incorporated or having the words make an image. Talk to your tattooist.

good luck~ (It's a beautiful poem and choice)