Poetry corner: Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was a prolific American private poet; fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime.
Most interestingly, however, is the fact that many of her poems can be sung to the haunting melody of “The Yellow Rose of Texas”.
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2 Responses to “ Poetry corner: Emily Dickinson ”
This made me smile! I love Emily Dickinson, but I might find myself humming this tune the next time I go to read one of her poems. Hopefully I won’t laugh too loudly when I do…
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They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
Oi!