emily dickinson Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/emily-dickinson/ Trunkated tales, rumbling rhymes, and elephant art Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:02:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/elephantsnever.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/cropped-winter-logo-2019-20.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 emily dickinson Archives - Elephants Never https://elephantsnever.com/tag/emily-dickinson/ 32 32 135387410 Odd list Odd house Odd me (Book Review) https://elephantsnever.com/odd-list-odd-house-odd-me-book-review/ https://elephantsnever.com/odd-list-odd-house-odd-me-book-review/#respond Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:27:13 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1715 Today the pachyderms travel to 19th-century Amherst, Massachusetts, in search of a quiet place to enjoy Elisabeth Horan‘s Odd list Odd house Odd me (now available from TwistiT Press). Taking Emily Dickinson for her muse, Horan spins poems that journey inward and across centuries to explore sensuality, nature, love, loss, yearning, and one’s mysterious self. Invoking the Muse You do not Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/odd-list-odd-house-odd-me-book-review/feed/ 0 1715 Barren—not of Words https://elephantsnever.com/barren-not-of-words/ https://elephantsnever.com/barren-not-of-words/#respond Thu, 13 Jun 2019 14:29:28 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1684 by Elisabeth Horan I sit upon my little clutch It’s three – five – ten at The most Speckled little curds of me Within them— A glow of life to be A bulb / a flint A match / a yolk A shell of calcium Encasing the heart It’s the best thing I’ve ever made No sperm encroached No fertilization Read More

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]]> https://elephantsnever.com/barren-not-of-words/feed/ 0 1684 Sonnetype at dusk at graveside of young woman. https://elephantsnever.com/sonnetype-at-dusk-at-graveside-of-young-woman/ https://elephantsnever.com/sonnetype-at-dusk-at-graveside-of-young-woman/#respond Thu, 23 May 2019 11:24:38 +0000 https://elephantsnever.com/?p=1649 by Elisabeth Horan He who gives Me – taketh the Stone Eats the Loverslips – sways her Bones To magical heights – or was it a depth A lapse in heart pulse – or justified death A Man who touches such as this – hands Never take their leave, I part my Ocean Seas – I forge a New Iron Read More

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