Apr 28, 2011

Reading - two very different poems in the theme by Emily Dickenson

May I locate a book for you?

A Book
by Emily Dickenson


There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul! 





Going to Him!  Happy Letter!
by Emily Dickenson
Going to Him! Happy letter!
Tell Him --
Tell Him the page I didn't write --
Tell Him -- I only said the Syntax --
And left the Verb and the pronoun out --
Tell Him just how the fingers hurried --
Then -- how they waded -- slow -- slow --
And then you wished you had eyes in your pages --
So you could see what moved them so --

Tell Him -- it wasn't a Practised Writer --
You guessed -- from the way the sentence toiled --
You could hear the Bodice tug, behind you --
As if it held but the might of a child --
You almost pitied it -- you -- it worked so --
Tell Him -- no -- you may quibble there --
For it would split His Heart, to know it --
And then you and I, were silenter.

Tell Him -- Night finished -- before we finished --
And the Old Clock kept neighing "Day"!
And you -- got sleepy -- and begged to be ended --
What could it hinder so -- to say?
Tell Him -- just how she sealed you -- Cautious!
But -- if He ask where you are hid
Until tomorrow -- Happy letter!
Gesture Coquette -- and shake your Head!


Eva is wearing:
Holly Pale Wicked Skin by Adam n Eve
Night Out Shirt in red by Insanya
Jeans Wristband by Pepper
Pearl Feather Necklace by Pepper
Lanie Hair in Streaked Cranberry by Truth
and a very old (favorite) pair of leather pants from 2006 by Blaze

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