tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post4034952430325523350..comments2023-09-03T04:29:24.818-05:00Comments on poesophical bits: Emily Dickinson, b. December 10, 1830Philip Thrifthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03021615111948806998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-26733783490245816082008-12-11T00:53:00.000-06:002008-12-11T00:53:00.000-06:00Thanks!When I started writing this blog (May 2008)...Thanks!<BR/><BR/>When I started writing this blog (May 2008), I had no concept of what "type" of poem-maker I would be, except to be an experimentalist. <BR/><BR/>One of the first things I did was to get a copy of the 2182 page <EM>The Norton Anthology of Poetry</EM> — always on my desk — and perhaps a bit of Emily (pages 1110-1127) seeped in. Perhaps more than a bit.<BR/><BR/>In her poem above (#260) I love the "Dont" with the missing apostrophe and the phrase "the livelong June" — Cant beat that!<BR/><BR>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5092996210304232071.post-57838936640581019332008-12-10T20:57:00.000-06:002008-12-10T20:57:00.000-06:00I like considering that question, what if this wri...I like considering that question, what if this writer or that writer had a blog. Emily's poems would be perfect. And they do remind of yours in a way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com