tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post3955961280639408706..comments2024-03-23T06:00:13.243-04:00Comments on Kristin Berkey-Abbott: Because I Could Not Stop for Emily DickinsonKristin Berkey-Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-28062898914623899232011-12-11T09:53:47.377-05:002011-12-11T09:53:47.377-05:00Kristin, the poems that made me pay attention to E...Kristin, the poems that made me pay attention to ED as a young poet were "Victory Comes Late - and is held low to freezing lips..." which must have been among the first poems I memorized...and "I could not live with you/ that would be life" (you can find that one here: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15802<br />I think her voice had such an edge to it in some poems, the poems of what I imagine to be her frustration and hemmed-in desperation - that I couldn't help but be drawn to. Sometimes I think the poems of hers that are usually taught are boring compared to the ones that sort of dare to go to places familiar with every lover or poet...rejection and unrequited love...Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-19310311343457565712011-12-11T08:37:36.410-05:002011-12-11T08:37:36.410-05:00Thank you all for your insights and comments. I s...Thank you all for your insights and comments. I should probably go revisit Emily D. again--maybe in retirement, should that day ever come!Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-2939519978742399212011-12-10T12:03:21.501-05:002011-12-10T12:03:21.501-05:00It's OK, it's OK! (I am anti-guilt...abou...It's OK, it's OK! (I am anti-guilt...about some things.) I used to resist Emily till my mom said to read and do The Belle of Amherst (one-woman play), so I did (senior thesis project in college). I loved her by being her! I began to know her quirkiness, silliness, deep intelligence, and deep sense of self, and anti-hypocrisy aspects.<br /><br />Ooops, now I sort of AM her.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559881249054540947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-63154640448065065062011-12-10T10:11:42.138-05:002011-12-10T10:11:42.138-05:00Thank you for this post! While I do love Emily Di...Thank you for this post! While I do love Emily Dickinson, there are other women writers whose work leaves me cold and I also feel the guilt. I'm thinking here of Marianne Moore.<br /><br />You are so right that I don't beat myself up about not liking this or that male author. Thanks for pointing this out, and let's both try to be easier on ourselves!Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-78913246311317491662011-12-10T10:10:52.870-05:002011-12-10T10:10:52.870-05:00WHAT??? Even i, bred in different landscapes, am n...WHAT??? Even i, bred in different landscapes, am not immune to dickinson! i must read her again to see if her magic has worn thin after reading this blog entry!Shefali Shah Choksihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00736003503035706246noreply@blogger.com