Brain Snacks: Tasty Tidbits of Knowledge
Cummings did some time in a French detention center during World War I, on false grounds of treason. Yikes. (Source.)
Cummings was not only a poet, but a painter and artist as well. No wonder he's such a fan of natural beauty in this poem. (Source.)
Cummings spent some time working for the magazine Vanity Fair. Seriously, is there nothing this guy can't do? (Source.)