Emily Dickinson

I have recently rediscovered Emily Dickinson. I would like to make you a gift of that...


"Because I could not stop for Death-
He kindly stopped for me-
The Carriage held but just Ourselves-
And Immorality.

We slowly drove-He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For his Civility-

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess-in the Ring-
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain-
We passed the Setting Sun-

Or rather-He passed us-
The Dews drew quivering and chill-
For only Gossamer, my Gown-
My Tippet-only Tuille-

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground-
The Roof was scarcely visible-
The Cornice-in the Ground-

Since then-'tis Centuries-and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity-"

Emily Dickinson

I once knew that the places she capitalized were important. Some ppl leave the capitalization out...I think that's wrong. It says alot about what she was trying to say. I'll leave you to your own interpretation if you leave me to mine. That's the great thing about poetry. It can mean whatever you interpret it to mean. You can own it in your very own way...this is one of my favorites also by Emily Dickinson.

"This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me-
The simple news that Nature told-
With tender Majesty.

Her message is committed
to hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen,
judge tenderly of Me!"

Emily Dickinson

And last but certainly not least.....

"I'm Nobody! Who are you?
Are you-Nobody-too?
Then there's a pair of us!
Don't tell! they'd advertise - you know!

How dreary-to be- Somebody!
How public-like a Frog-
To tell one's name- the livelong June-
To an admiring Bog!"

Emily Dickinson

So to all you nobodies out there, let's raise a glass and toast the wonderful Emily Dickinson!