tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post251052375007198144..comments2023-08-25T08:48:01.101-04:00Comments on The Pagan Sphinx: Happy Birthday, Emily DickinsonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-62917147144735891842010-12-13T23:14:36.722-05:002010-12-13T23:14:36.722-05:00180 years old, and I'd say the old gal doesn&#...180 years old, and I'd say the old gal doesn't look a day over 120! ;)<br /><br />Can't believe I've never been there - I bet it would be like the Norman Rockwell Museum, which you dragged me to, and which I left weeping like a baby!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-37496518956948604622010-12-12T22:06:37.994-05:002010-12-12T22:06:37.994-05:00I met her poetry rather late in my own life and al...I met her poetry rather late in my own life and always found it hard to claim a favorite. I love the stories and pictures you've posted about Emily and her home today and previously. <br /><br />This is one I especially like:<br /><br />Hope is the thing with feathers<br />That perches in the soul,<br />And sings the tune without the words,<br />And never stops at all,<br /><br />And sweetest in the gale is heard;<br />And sore must be the storm<br />That could abash the little bird<br />That kept so many warm.<br /><br />I've heard it in the chilliest land<br />And on the strangest sea;<br />Yet, never, in extremity,<br />It asked a crumb of me.susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747450215034568033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-72861345633350591462010-12-12T11:46:52.555-05:002010-12-12T11:46:52.555-05:00Melissa B - I often wonder that myself. Especially...Melissa B - I often wonder that myself. Especially in the last couple of years with Jerome Charyn's book The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson receiving so much attention. I'm not sure how she would feel. Perhaps she would be happy to be recognized but I doubt she'd turn out for any events on her behalf. Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />Jack - yes, it's been long believed that she was a deeply passionate woman. If not physically, in her heart and soul. As I mentioned above The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson by Jerome Charyn is a really good read that blows the spinster and demure theories out of the water! Highly recommended.<br /><br />Kitty - did you write about the event on your blog? I'd love to know more about it. Will check. When you move to western Mass you will have plenty of opportunities to delve into Emily. I hope your school search is going well. I thought of one more little school for Isaac and I'll drop you a line soon.<br /><br />Love to all,<br />GinaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-20892228726674361262010-12-11T22:13:33.925-05:002010-12-11T22:13:33.925-05:00Hi Gina,
I was just involved in a tribute to Dick...Hi Gina,<br /><br />I was just involved in a tribute to Dickinson/birthday celebration for her. I read some of her poems and some of mine that were in conversation with hers more or less. A Dickinson scholar talked about her life and a local actress performed a scene from her one woman show "The Belle of Amherst." I really enjoyed preparing for and participating because it opened Miss D up to me in ways I had missed before. I am hot on the trail of more info now, so thanks for this addition.Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213518393810493720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-46890138420124686602010-12-11T17:48:21.473-05:002010-12-11T17:48:21.473-05:00Very nice post. Many of us think of her as a spin...Very nice post. Many of us think of her as a spinster poet, but I read (or maybe heard on NPR) sometime in the past year that she might have had a torrid relationship with a friend of her father who was supposed to be her "guardian."Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-62576280173707940432010-12-11T17:40:47.877-05:002010-12-11T17:40:47.877-05:00I wonder if the quiet, reserved and reclusive Ms. ...I wonder if the quiet, reserved and reclusive Ms. Dickinson would wonder about all of this adulation. She is my favorite poet, after all. Love your snaps!Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13172152515024862967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-53300474517641276112010-12-11T13:04:59.000-05:002010-12-11T13:04:59.000-05:00Under-appreciated and all but unknown in her lifet...Under-appreciated and all but unknown in her lifetime, today she touches millions with her poetry.Louis la Vachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09039777863022193315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-67584317277053637732010-12-11T11:47:49.371-05:002010-12-11T11:47:49.371-05:00A very interesting post, and I see that you have c...A very interesting post, and I see that you have chosen the name of your blog very wisely. May you both prosper along with your slogan.Rune Eidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01008247272056395901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-82192365405333008652010-12-10T18:24:20.440-05:002010-12-10T18:24:20.440-05:00Thanks, friends!Thanks, friends!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296223961815248113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-13292899925942978932010-12-10T10:20:02.046-05:002010-12-10T10:20:02.046-05:00Good morning PS. Great work on this Emily post. I ...Good morning PS. Great work on this Emily post. I know you are such a great fan. The gardens and phlox are beautiful. Thanks for keeping on keeping on as they said when we were a bit younger...<br />For a completely different take on the birthday of our Emily stop by gettingafoothold.blogspot.com<br />Love, gingerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-42141059418452843002010-12-10T10:19:36.419-05:002010-12-10T10:19:36.419-05:00she had a brilliant mind
thanks for all the info a...she had a brilliant mind<br />thanks for all the info about herDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-82861650007716416372010-12-10T07:36:42.619-05:002010-12-10T07:36:42.619-05:00I love her poetry. I'd really love to see her ...I love her poetry. I'd really love to see her house. Thanks, for the pictures. Happy B'Day, Emily!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-89227268137951975442010-12-10T07:16:02.621-05:002010-12-10T07:16:02.621-05:00Oh wow! I echo that Happy Birthday! I so admire he...Oh wow! I echo that Happy Birthday! I so admire her poetry .... some of them 'rap' as 'uneager' students of mine discovered, became enraptured by - and learned them for their exam!! Rare success.agujahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857809123531088629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2512858685634922680.post-61535157817950221632010-12-10T06:15:56.597-05:002010-12-10T06:15:56.597-05:00Oh wow, yes, happy birthday, Emily; 180 years old ...Oh wow, yes, happy birthday, Emily; 180 years old and as fresh and unconventional as ever!Francis Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00422476000328664994noreply@blogger.com