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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “Much madness is divinest sense” (Life, 11)
Much madness is divinest sense To a discerning eye; Much sense the starkest madness. ’T is the majority In this, as all, prevails. Assent, and you are sane; Demur,—you ’re straightway dangerous, And handled with a chain. … Continue reading
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The Coffee Shop – Leonard Cohen – “Anthem” (music video)
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “When I Read the Book”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ “When I Read the Book” When I read the book, the biography famous, And is this then (said I) what the author calls a man’s life? … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t is” (Life, 10)
A precious, mouldering pleasure ’t is To meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege, I think, His venerable hand to take, And warming in our own, A passage back, or two, to make To … Continue reading
Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – “For Him I Sing”
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ “For Him I Sing” For him I sing, I raise the present on the past, (As some perennial tree out of its roots, the present on … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “The heart asks pleasure first” (Life, 9)
The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go to sleep; And then, if it should be The will of its Inquisitor, The liberty … Continue reading
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The Coffee Shop – Kwabs – “Forgiven” and “Look Over Your Shoulder” (music videos)
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Tagged Forgiven, Kwabs, Look Over Your Shoulder, Open Thread, The Coffee Shop
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Word Cloud: SOLSTICE
by Nona Blyth Cloud While Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of summer for Americans, the actual start of the season is the Summer Solstice, which this year begins at 6:34 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 20. I’ve decided … Continue reading
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Tagged John Koethe, June, Lynda Hull, Mary Oliver, Sara Teasdale, SOLSTICE, Stacie Cassarino
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Walking with Walt Whitman – Leaves of Grass – Inscriptions – Eidolons
Walking with Walt Whitman A daily installment from Leaves of Grass. ~ ❦ ~ Eidolans I met a seer, Passing the hues and objects of the world, The fields of art and learning, pleasure, sense, To glean eidolons. Put in … Continue reading
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Notes in Emily Dickinson’s pocket – “A wounded deer leaps highest” (Life, 8)
A wounded deer leaps highest, I ’ve heard the hunter tell; ’T is but the ecstasy of death, And then the brake is still. The smitten rock that gushes, The trampled steel that springs: A cheek is always redder Just … Continue reading
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