Emily Dickinson wrote a line that is currently stuck at the front of my thoughts. It’s as if the thought is a shape and it’ll not come out unless otherwise known to not have been; or to be? Either way it’s a shape. Possible ever changing. All about a thought and how words and thought don’t need to coexist every day. Don’t we though? Live on, please, and look outside your window, once again handing poems down to the children; having never been inside? I lived near your house, Emily. I don’t know that I didn’t feel your presence, but I do know that’s it’s possible. And my thoughts, with their words, thank you.
-M. Taggart
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It’s interesting to see the influenced drive in language. Yours was a great understanding!
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Thank you, Sir.
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I don’t know what I would have done without the words of the great writers.
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Her grave is also nearby, in the cemetery behind a former motel, now offices, downtown.
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How the heck have you been? I see you haven’t written in a while.
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True. Thank you for noticing. Taking care of an ailing parent, followed by dealing with the estate issues. And I’ve been aggressively teaching new courses for a while.
But the estate will wrap up this month with the last tax returns. And I’m scheduling a break from teaching in the summer. So, someday . . . 🙂
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I hope everything resolves itself the best way possible. Are you ever in the Amherst area anymore?
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On occasion; my partner’s brother now lives in Easthampton, so I’ll be getting out that way a few times this year.
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If ever possible, it’d be nice to say hello. I’m not in the area, but can be with a bit of notice.
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Thank you, and yes, that would be grand. I’ll keep it in mind when planning my next trip.
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Fantastic poem, Matt! Glad that you WERE able to feel her presence. Back in November I bought Cristanne Miller’s work that compiles all of Dickinson’s poems. Some really good scholarship attached to the poems, themselves. So glad you find inspiration from some of my favorite poets of the past!
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ah!…my previous comment ties into this comment of yours so well. Damn!!
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I hope that means I got something right for a change! LOL 🙂 Usually, in my case, not so much. LOL
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