Thursday, September 15, 2011

To: Miss Emily Dickinson



To: Miss Emily Dickinson
From: Philip Thrift, Esquire

My poetry has just begun.
I would like to inquire

if you could help me with my poems —
and be a bard like you.
You mastered words right from your home —
your travels were but few.

Still I feel kinship to your keen
analysis of all
things cosmologically seen —
It's here that you stand tall.

I think that you could mentor me —
through transcendental doors.
The poems I write will always be —

Very sincerely yours.




placed in the imaginary garden with real toads (Epistle Poem)


6 comments:

  1. Liz Rice-SosneSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Phillip ... this is really very cool!

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  2. Kerry O'ConnorSeptember 16, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    How wonderful is this? I'm blown away by the whole idea and perfect execution of Dickinson's style.

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  3. Sherry Blue SkySeptember 16, 2011 at 10:33 AM

    This is a very cool idea and so well executed....good one, Phillip!

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 2:54 AM

    This is brilliant! So wonderfully done.

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  5. Kay L. DaviesSeptember 17, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    Fabulous. She'd have loved it.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  6. EllaSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:43 AM

    Phillip, this was clever and endearing! Wow, I loved it~
    I love this line:
    "I think that you could mentor me —
    through transcendental doors"

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