Does anyone know which of E. E. Cummings’ poems was shaped like a flower? As ridiculous as it sounds, I don’t remember the text, only the shape. :o Yeah, I’m no poet.
Thanks! 
Does anyone know which of E. E. Cummings’ poems was shaped like a flower? As ridiculous as it sounds, I don’t remember the text, only the shape. :o Yeah, I’m no poet.
Thanks! 
I’m thinking you are remembering the way the poem was printed. I doubt Cummings wrote a poem in the shape of a flower.
Why would you doubt that?
Because it makes no sense.
Cummings dictated the exact typography of his writing, and frequently made shapes out of the words. E.g.
It makes sense.
I stand corrected.
I can’t ID the poem mentioned in the OP, but the technique in question is referred to as Concrete Poetry (also known as Shape Poetry), and cummings was neither the only, nor the first, poet to dabble in it.
An early example of concrete poetry - Easter Wings by George Herbert
Concrete/Shape poetry were pretty prominently covered at several points in my elementary/high school years. (Grades 8 and 11, I remember vividly.)
A lot of concrete/shape poetry is really quite lame, but when it’s done well, it can be quite impressive.
And we’ll probably find even more information (and, perhaps, the poem of the OP), over in Cafe Society.
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Are you perhaps thinking of Mary Ellen Solt’s “Forsythia”? It’s not quite a flower per se, but it’s the poem that popped into my mind immediately after reading the OP:
Forsythia