Emily Dickinson, “I never hear the word escape” (77)
Right now, feeling down. Rejected by oh-so-many. It’s easy to dive into a pool of self-pity and never return. Working with self-pity is challenging. I used to t...
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Emily Dickinson, “Banish Air from Air” (854)
“Banish Air from Air” and “Divide Light if you dare” superficially sound like scientific experiments. A moment’s pause and you rea...
Emily Dickinson, “The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman” (1487); Twila Newey, “In the Plum”
Often I think about doing. It is a form of procrastination but potentially more. When Dickinson wonders about a man who trekked “so far so cold… / F...
Emily Dickinson, “I had no time to Hate” (478)
Right now in the United States, we worry. There was an election. One man won with millions more votes for him. The party opposing him did not fare terribly, gai...
Emily Dickinson, “Experience is the Angled Road” (910)
Watch Tom Brady at his peak throw a football low and away to a receiver who has yet to turn around and dive for it. It isn’t a misplay. That’s the actual play. ...