Ode to Em
Michael Kroth • December 10, 2019
On Her Birth Day
Ode To Em
A lady poet renowned (well later)
Was born (had been borne prior for months, per her Mom)
I know not if she found wiccan’s fun
Not this wordsmith, Dickinson.
There n’er was poet ever better
She had a way with every letter.
(Except “X”, she wasn’t as facile with “X”)
It’s not known whether she had
I know not if she wore clothes homespun
Doubtful…Amherst Dickinson.
“Faith is a fine invention”
“Wild nights” a fierce intention
“I’m nobody” the morning after
“Success is counted sweetest” though
“by those who n’er succeed”
(Well, if she is to be believed)
Did she ever “stop a heart from breaking”?
Doubt it, still, she “did not live in vain”.
She gave us words of poetry
This poet 'thout peer, this Em’ly, Dreamer Dickinson.
~Michael Kroth,
penned in whimsy,
yet with high respect for the "Poet of Paradox",
born this day in 1830.
Most of all, she is crazy about her brood. She smiles more when she’s with them. Laughs more. Enjoys more. Relaxes more. Has more fun. She just loves her family.
“…there must be millions of aging males, now slipping into their anecdotage…” ~E.B. White 1
Author's Note: I originally posted this in the Profound Bartender on April 8, 2018, and then reposted it here at Profound Living on April 25, 2018. I thought it might be a good time to repost it again.
Author's Note: This is a repost of an essay I published in 2018. I thought it was a timely topic to revisit.
“In Celtic wisdom we remember that our soul, the very heart of our being, is sacred. What is deepest in us is of God. ” ~John Philip Newell 1
We may be lights under bushels, but we can shine brightly against the dark even if we are mere candles. Together, the light may shine bright.
Silence speaks to us Listening in deep quiet… Hear what you long for! ~Patricia Leyko Connelly 1
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