[at-l] Emily Dickinson

[Bob C]

Two butterflies went out at noon
And waltzed above a stream,
Then stepped straight through the firmament
And rested on a beam;

And then together bore away
Upon a shining sea,--
Though never yet, in any port
Their coming mentioned be.

If spoken by the distant bird,
If met in ether sea
By frigate or by merchantman,
Report was not to me.





> ------------Original Message------------
> From: Sloetoe <sloetoe at yahoo.com>
> To: hopeflpoet at webtv.net, at-l at backcountry.net, infpeace at gmail.com
> Date: Sat, Dec-30-2006 10:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Emily Dickinson
>
> Alright alright alright....
> If you poetesses think The Big E was so hot poet and
> hiker(ess)-wise, why not post a killer poem, to show
> us Philistines whuz'all the fuss about? C'mon, lay it
> on us.
> 
> Oh, and as for the long skirts, the hardest part of
> the United States settlement was done and underway
> when Miss Emily was doing her thing from the upstairs
> window, all done by women in "long skirts" and
> children as well, nearly all of whom went *shoeless*
> for the trip. Let's remember our forebears were much
> more physical than us. (And by "forebears", I don't
> just mean "pioneers" or "Pilgrims" but, heh, let's go
> back a few MILLION years. We wuz MADE to move ladies
> n' gennilmun.
> 
> sloetoe
> waitingfortheEmily
> (** Special Note Department: If you do a spellcheck on
> waitingfortheEmily, you get MaidenForm. Kinda poetic,
> ain't it?)
> 
> --- hopeflpoet at webtv.net wrote:
> 
> >  in the unlikely event that those who read Emily
> > don't already know, ...
> > ...she definitely would
> > have been a long-distance hiker if those long skirts
> > hadn't been the required female 'gear'. 
> 
> Spatior! Nitor! Nitor! Tempero!
>    Pro Pondera Et Meliora.
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