[Literature & Art] Cummings, E.E. (1894 - 1962) Autograph Note about BirdsA short autograph letter from the American writer and artist known for his distinctively avant garde poetry, which often employed unconventional punctuation and capitalization. ALS, in red crayon with blue underlining, on the poet's printed 4 Patchin Place letterhead card, to his friend Willard Trask, mailed on May 13, 1959. The message reads "never heard of so many birds (+ such birds!) congratulations EEC." Cummings and Trask were friends of many