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My Emily Dickinson days...
In the extensive reading I had done about her in college, I had read many biographies and felt from inferences in her poetry that she had a lover, so I'm not surprised at all. It's interesting, I was once confined to home for about 6 weeks, it was winter, I had been injured and could not risk going out on the ice. I had a lot of ''alone time'' ...
Posted to Culturebox by MerrilyMartha on October 13, 2008
I concure as well...& Here's Another Gem
''May Emily Dickinson continue to inspire and fascinate. Her work of poetic gems may be delved and read for many purposes..most of all, to illuminiate her spirit, originality..and genius.'' A*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Her breast is fit for pearls,But I was not a ''Diver'' --Her brow is fit for thronesBut I have not a crest.Her ...
Posted to Poems by Galatea on July 23, 2007
A little Emily Goes A Long Way!
Hi Antipasto, After reading Anne Carson's ''Sumptuous Destitution''I thought I would post this jewel...*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*ALL the letters I can writeAre not fair as this --Syllables of Velvet --Sentences of Plush,Depths of Ruby, undrained,Hid, Lip, for Thee --Play it were a Humming Bird --And just sipped -- me –By Emily Dickinson ...
Posted to Poems by Galatea on July 23, 2007