A little more Emily Dickinson.

[capri0mni]

Being a student of literature in America, I was, naturally, given several Emily Dickinson poems to read, over the course of my academic career. So she's a poet for whom it's easy to claim familiarity. However, according to Wikipedia, she wrote nearly Eighteen Thousand poems over the course of her short life. So chances are, there will always be a new Emily Poem for you to discover around the next corner.

I found this one a few days ago, and it's been running through my head like an ear-worm ever since, especially since my finding it has corresponded with the Pope's Travels Abroad [tm], and people on my friends- and access-lists commenting on the same.

Here's Ms. Dickinson's thoughts on the matter:

"Faith" is a fine invention
When Gentlemen can see —
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency.

Comments

[spiralsheep]

I've read the Faber doorstop edition of ED. I'd read it again if I still had it. I read the poem you quoted a couple of days ago. Was that from you somewhere else or are our mutual interests synchronous again? Either way... ta! :-)

[capri0mni]

Well, I posted a link to this very poem in reply to your post asking for poetry recs. And because of that reminder of her, I thought to quote her again when LJ asked for my name...

So -- possibly, "Both"?

[spiralsheep]

Ah! You're definitely the source then. I've read a lot of poetry in the last week so I'd lost track. :-)

[capri0mni]

That's easy to do, considering how many poets there are, out there, and how many poems they've written, each.

I'm glad she's Striking a Chord, as they say. :-)