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Imagine a day spent with Emily Dickinson...

A chapter in the book Conversations in Poetry

Conversing With Emily

by ~Dovey

"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."

Within today's economy
Vacation is a luxury
Many will ill afford;
When pressures of the day to day
I find a need to melt away
And seek a just reward,
To steal away to sunny nook
Lost in the pages of a book
I see the world anew,
Transported there by poetry,
I've spent the day with Emily,
Enraptured by her view.

"Who knocks? That April -
Lock the Door -
I will not be pursued -
He stayed away a Year to call
When I am occupied -
But trifles look so trivial
As soon as you have come"

A quirk that now we celebrate
The April that had come too late
To call on Emily,
Spark lights the fuse, itself imbues,
Let daily write nourish the muse,
Inspire poetry.




Quoting Emily Dickinson's "There Is No Frigate Like A Book" and "Dear March - Come in"

Thank you to Mantaf for the artwork illustrating the worlds we can find in books.
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