Anyone lived in a pretty how town adapted into a short film of the same name by George Lucas. In the poem, Cummings states the lines, "spring summer autumn winter", (3) and "sun moon stars rain", (8) multiple times. In reiterating these lines he changes the order of the seasons, "autumn winter spring summer", (11) and "stars rain sun moon", (21). Anyone lived in a pretty how town "anyone lived in a pretty how town" is a poem written by E. E. Cummings. First published in 1940, the poem details the lives of residents in a nameless town. Like much of Cummings's work, the poem is actually
A Poem Is a Naked Person fate became even more uncertain after Russell and Cordell terminated their business relationship in 1976. For many years, "A Poem Is A Naked Person" was shown only at special screenings with Les Blank in attendance. In 2011 Russell told "Billboard" that he didn't like the film, and didn't intend to release it. Also in 2011, when the International Documentary Association honored Blank with a career achievement award, the film was described as "perhaps the greatest film about rock 'n' roll and American music that you will likely never see". The film finally received its public premiere (with Russell in the