Tag Archives: Emily Dickinson

If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry. — Emily Dickinson

We could read whatever we want into this poem, it’s not “clear” – who is “You” – it would depend on where you are at in your life, the answer. I read this poem and I think of him. It’s … Continue reading →

In honor of National Poetry Month The following poem has always freaked me out. I know what she means and yet the putting of those moments of dread into words like this … Whistling past a graveyard. By naming it, … Continue reading →