By Barry Swackhamer, May 20, 2012
	1. 4 Patchin Place Marker

e.e. cummings
1894-1962
The poet and painter, who made art of commas and parentheses, lived here for the last forty years of his life. He characterized himself as “an author of pictures, a draughtsman of words.” New York Landmark Preservation Foundation.
 
Erected by New York Landmarks Preservation Commission & e.e. cummings Society.
 
Location. 40° 44.106′ N, 73° 59.967′ W. Marker is in New York, New York, in New York County. Marker is on Patchin Place. Click for map. Patchin Place is off of West 10th Street near the Jefferson Market Library. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4 Patchin Place, New York NY 10011, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Jefferson Market Courthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Jefferson Market Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); The Second Cemetery (about 400 feet away, in a direct line); Charles Ives (about 400 feet away); 27 Christopher Street (about 600 feet away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. ¼ mile away); St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. ¼ mile away); Thomas Paine Death House (approx. ¼ mile away). Click for a list of all markers in New York.

	By Barry Swackhamer, May 20, 2012
	2. e.e. cummings Marker

 
Also see . . .  E.E. Cummings - The Poetry Foundation. "Among the most innovative of twentieth-century poets," according to Jenny Penberthy in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, E. E. Cummings experimented with poetic form and language to create a distinct personal style. (Submitted on July 5, 2012, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)