Posted by alexandra_k on October 20, 2014, at 16:10:22
In reply to Why I love Emily Dickinson, posted by Phil on October 19, 2014, at 18:04:05
thanks for posting that. you know, i don't think i've read much emily dickinson. i enjoyed it...
have you read much stevie smith? i went through a while of being obsessed with her poems... here is my favourite:
Not waving but drowning (Stevie Smith, 1972)
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now hes dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
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