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Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
edited January 2006 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
both, by Emily Dickinson

XXVI

"I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us--don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!"

:D

In keeping with a promise to myself to read more published poetry, I'm reading Emily Dickinson: Selected Poems. Me likey the one above so I thought I'd share it with y'all. :)

And while I'm at it, another one kinda reminded me of my palli, PastaNazi, so, I'm posting it as well. :)

XXV

"I asked no other thing
No other was denied.
I offered Being for it;
The mighty merchant smiled.

Brazil? He twirled a button.
Without a glance my way:
'But, madam, is there nothing else
That we can show today?"

:)

Hope y'all enjoyed 'em too! :)
Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
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  • DopeBeastie
    DopeBeastie Posts: 2,513
    lol...

    I so relate to Miss Dickinson, it's scary.

    :) thanks, babydoll
  • Ms. Haiku
    Ms. Haiku Washington DC Posts: 7,390
    I LOVE Emily Dickinson poetry. In poetry class during college one other student said all her poetry can be sung to "The Yellow Rose of Texas." I think it's true for the most part :)

    She so insightful, so full of imagery, and yet her words aren't pretentious.
    There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
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  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    :) You're welcome, PastaNazi! Thank you for inspiring me to pick up some of her poetry. You posted some and you mentionned her when we were talking and so, when I was at my pal's place on the weekend and saw the book on her shelf, I just had to borrow it! :)

    Ms. Haiku, I have to agree, from what I have read--she really speaks to you as you read, I find. I like that. :) She's also very feminine and I can really feel what she's trying to express as a woman.
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen
  • EvilToasterElf
    EvilToasterElf Posts: 1,119
    I'll be honest I have never liked Emily Dickinson.

    But if you're gonna do something, do it right. There's a lot of wannabees out there.
  • Being Enlightened
    Being Enlightened Posts: 5,746
    EvilToasterElf wrote:
    I'll be honest I have never liked Emily Dickinson.

    But if you're gonna do something, do it right. There's a lot of wannabees out there.

    I'm curious, ETE, what is it that doesn't appeal to you about her poetry??

    And LOL! There's a lot of wannabees everywhere! And people seem to buy into it so, guess that's why they don't see anything odd about it. I can't see why people don't just wannabe what they be and let it be but hey, what do I know? :)
    Forget your perfect offering, there is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in. - Leonard Cohen

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