The poem describes a scene of springtime. Children are playing as the "queer old balloonman" whistles in the distance, calling them to play. Spring has made "the world...mud-luscious" and "puddle-wonderful". The balloonman's whistling summons children from various games like hopscotch and jumprope to play.

1. in JustBy: E.E. CummingsWalker, Abby, and Alisha

2. in Just- spring when the world is mud- luscious the little lame balloonman

3. whistles far and wee and eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring

4. when the world is puddle-wonderful the queer old balloonman whistles far and wee

5. and bettyandisbel come dancing

6. from hop-scotch

7. and jump-rope

8. it’s spring and

9. the goat-footed balloonMan

10. whistles far and wee

11. Photo CreditsSlide1 http://my.hrw.com/tabnav/controller.jsp?isbn=0030738474Slide2 http://www.google.com.hk/imglanding?q=ballon+man&um=1&hl=zh-TW&sa=N&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=UvFSXBdILJo6fM:&imgrefurl=http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/teens/2009/07/28/x-treme-balloon-sculpting/&imgurl=http://blogs.davenportlibrary.com/teens/wp-content/balloon-man.jpg&ei=Z5pBTf2uGMjYgAfchazUAQ&zoom=1&w=350&h=518&iact=hc&oei=Z5pBTf2uGMjYgAfchazUAQ&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=163&tbnw=133&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0Slide 5 http://www.google.com.hk/imglanding?q=dancing+people&hl=zh-TW&gbv=2&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=Aber7oVH4z3NIM:&imgrefurl=http://www.boston.com/ae/sidekick/blog/2007/11/&imgurl=http://www.boston.com/ae/sidekick/blog/people_dancing.gif&ei=5Z1BTaDmBoPVgQeC7qG0AQ&zoom=1&w=350&h=350&iact=hc&oei=5Z1BTaDmBoPVgQeC7qG0AQ&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=127&tbnw=126&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0

12. Photo CreditsSlide 6 http://www.google.com.hk/imglanding?q=hop+scotch&hl=zh-TW&gbv=2&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=NkDoZh4yA2rCfM:&imgrefurl=http://mycashsecretblog.com/do-you-solve-problems-or-create-them/hopscotch/&imgurl=http://mycashsecretblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/HopScotch.jpg&ei=dp5BTbHjNdD2gAef_bzUAQ&zoom=1&w=779&h=1039&iact=hc&oei=dp5BTbHjNdD2gAef_bzUAQ&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=163&tbnw=116&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0Slide 7 http://www.google.com.hk/imglanding?q=jump+rope&hl=zh-TW&gbv=2&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=lE1X0FMVrfo8cM:&imgrefurl=http://myjumpropeworkout.com/do-boys-jump-rope-better-than-girls/&imgurl=http://myjumpropeworkout.com/wp-content/uploads/jump-rope-boys-vs-girls.jpg&ei=t55BTbSANsz0gAeTtu3BAQ&zoom=1&w=400&h=351&iact=rc&oei=t55BTbSANsz0gAeTtu3BAQ&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=141&start=0&ndsp=27&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0Slide 8 http://www.google.com.hk/imglanding?q=spring+trees&hl=zh-TW&gbv=2&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=H4lIZQmloDn_cM:&imgrefurl=http://www.thepurebar.com/veronicasblog/&imgurl=http://www.thepurebar.com/veronicasblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/spring-tree-crop.jpg&ei=T59BTZTiJIL78Aber93QAQ&zoom=1&w=400&h=333&iact=hc&oei=Ep9BTcLNN8TogAfd9fXJAQ&esq=27&page=1&tbnh=119&tbnw=157&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0http://www.google.com.hk/imglanding?q=goats&hl=zh-TW&gbv=2&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=KgMQEi0a14HBiM:&imgrefurl=http://www.windrifthill.com/windriftgoats.html&imgurl=http://www.windrifthill.com/Images/Farm/goat3a.jpg&ei=rJ9BTcnKDsbDgQexy7W-AQ&zoom=1&w=308&h=335&iact=rc&oei=rJ9BTcnKDsbDgQexy7W-AQ&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=137&tbnw=107&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0Slide 10 http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?q=the+wee+pig&hl=zh-TW&gbv=2&biw=1103&bih=675&tbs=isch:1&tbnid=7_JYZYOkOlwPbM:&imgrefurl=http://blog.jamhuriwear.com/vpgejth/Geico-Commercials-Pig-Name&imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g2TvjawNjyA/TQ-2WgWdx5I/AAAAAAAAAPI/2rsBNha58a0/s1600/Geico%252BPig.jpg&ei=y59BTbbSB43pgAeyvfnJAQ&zoom=1&w=480&h=360&iact=rc&oei=y59BTbbSB43pgAeyvfnJAQ&esq=1&page=1&tbnh=124&tbnw=182&start=0&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:15,s:0&tx=27&ty=52