Mr Mapelli Mozzi posted the words on social media, along with photos of the happy couple on their big day. It is read out at wedding ceremonies around the world and printed on everything from posters to throw pillows, but there is a scandalous truth behind the poem and the author. Then 22, Cummings encountered sex worker Marie Louise Lallemand in the French capital in 1917, although details of their first meeting aren't exactly clear. In his poem Little Ladies, the thrice married writer described her as "the putain with the ivory throat". But he insisted on using the ethnic slurs, saying the poems were commenting on prejudice and not condoning it.

Source: Daily Mirror July 23, 2020 13:24 UTC