Cummings served as an ambulance driver in World War I and published his first book of poetry a few years after.
Cummings served as an ambulance driver in World War I and published his first book of poetry a few years after. Best known for his lyric poems, cummings also drew attention for his unconventional capitalization (or uncapitalization) of his initials and last name—though in recent years, his publisher and scholars have claimed he didn’t really care about the stylization. One of his most famous poems was “anyone lived in a pretty how town.” You can read e.e. cummings’ work in the book Complete Poems, 1904-1962, available from publisher W.W. Norton.