Emily Dickinson, “I have no Life but this” (1398); Robert Bly, “The Moon”
“A job is not a career,” I remind myself. Do this job well, but do more. How much more? As much as possible, as well as possible. No wonder anxiety ...
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Emily Dickinson, “When I have seen the Sun emerge” (888)
Only a few times have I been able to appreciate the enormity of the rising sun, I confess. Usually I’m out the door to work in the dark of early morning. ...
Emily Dickinson, “An Hour is a Sea” (825)
An Hour is a Sea, I say to myself, wondering why today has looked like the same sheet of rain each hour I’ve been awake. But I also wonder why between the...
Emily Dickinson, “Good to hide, and hear ’em hunt!” (842)
Good to hide, and hear ’em hunt—immediately, I hear fear within adrenaline. A declaration of “good” that’s scared but tries to project b...
Emily Dickinson, “To make a prairie” (1755)
Looking out at the vast expanse of prairie, miles of wilderness and potential, is itself a reverie. It is, perhaps, the reverie, a surge of wonder at the mere h...