Is it a bad poem? yes.?

Question

its called the feelings come first by ee cummings and it talks about sex. read it and tell me that you feel the same. its metaphoric but think about it. its about lust instead of love

Answer 1

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I think it's a beautiful poem, E.E. Cummings only writes great poetry anyway! Yeah it's very metaphoric, but I honestly think it could be about either lust or love, just depends on your point of view.

Answer 2

It's called Since Feeling is First. He's only saying that he loves her more than he can write. That he could never express these things in syntax because the feeling is first. It's not about sex. The only mention of carnality is this

"the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids’ flutter which says

we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life’s not a paragraph"

It's about feelings.. and love is not a feeling. So I suppose you are right. But what is love without lust? It's how you love your grandma. If you need to go through life loving everyone the way you love your grandma.. um.. I'm really sorry.