in Just Spring (1923, 1998)

 in Just-spring by E.E.Cummings (1923 first copyright) is illustrated by Heidi Goennel (1988) in a thin book with large print. This book is for the very young poet, or anyone who loves to play with language and how it appears on a page. The word “mudluscious” has got to be the most fun word I’ve ever read. I imagine it was a challenge for Goennel to illustrate this poem. Her pictures are minimalistic; the children have no faces. I suppose you could say they correspond to a minimalism in the poetry. I don’t know how to talk about poetry, so I’ll leave it to the more knowledgeable to enjoy this book.