i was sitting in mcsorley's by E. E. Cummings

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Cummings first published "i was sitting in mcsorley's" in his collection Tulips & Chimneys, which appeared in 1923. It has also been anthologized in The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. Different versions of the poem have been printed over time.

The poem is set in McSorley's Ale House, where cummings frequently drank. It is a New York City saloon on East Seventh between Second and Third Avenues. Known as a favorite haunt of bohemians and...

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