Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Emily Dickinson

Above is a picture of Emily Dickinson. I thought I would continue on the poetry thread and share a poem of her's that I absolutely love. The poem is called "Dying"

Dying

I heard a fly buzz when I died;
The stillness round my form
Was like the stillness in the air
Between the heaves of storm.

The eyes beside had wrung them dry,
And breaths were gathering sure
For that last onset, when the king
Be witnessed in his power.

I willed my keepsakes, signed away
What portion of me I
Could make assignable,-and then
There interposed a fly,

With blue, uncertain, stumbling buzz,
Between the light and me;
And then the windows failed, and then
I could not see to see.


The last stanza really is great : ) It is very interesting how she chooses to focus solely on this fly and its movements with her last conscious thoughts.

What are some of your favorite poems?!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Poetry

My sister just posted an entry on Story Webs, which reminded me of writing poetry. SO, I decided to share a brief poem with you. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out what it's about!

Wood and metal
manipulated
a pen of sound singing
the words of my heart