Daily Dickinson

WITH FLOWERS.

Michael Hartford — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:01:05 +0000

If recollecting were forgetting,
Then I remember not;
And if forgetting, recollecting,
How near I had forgot!

RETICENCE.

Michael Hartford — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:59:09 +0000

The reticent volcano keeps
His never slumbering plan;
Confided are his projects pink
To no precarious man.

THE LOST THOUGHT.

Michael Hartford — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:56:49 +0000

I felt a clearing in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it, seam by seam,
But could not make them fit.

Upon the gallows hung a wretch

Michael Hartford — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:54:27 +0000

Upon the gallows hung a wretch,
Too sullied for the hell
To which the law entitled him.

Few get enough

Michael Hartford — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:51:28 +0000

Few get enough, -- enough is one;
To that ethereal throng
Have not each one of us the right
To stealthily belong?

Tea with Emily Dickinson

Michael Hartford — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:01:16 +0000

Dickinson fans in the Boston area can check out Beth Goldman as Emily Dickinson at the Waltham Public Library, 735 Main Street, Waltham, MA. The performance begins at 7:30 PM.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

Michael Hartford — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:48:57 +0000

From all the jails the boys and girls
Ecstatically leap, --
Beloved, only afternoon
That prison doesn't keep.

I HAD A GUINEA GOLDEN.

Michael Hartford — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:46:27 +0000

I had a guinea golden;
I lost it in the sand,
And though the sum was simple,
And pounds were in the land,
Still had it such a value
Unto my frugal eye,
That when I could not find it
I sat me down to sigh.

A PORTRAIT.

Michael Hartford — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:42:53 +0000

A face devoid of love or grace,
A hateful, hard, successful face,
A face with which a stone
Would feel as thoroughly at ease
As were they old acquaintances, --
First time together thrown.

Who has not found the heaven below

Michael Hartford — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:40:54 +0000

Who has not found the heaven below
Will fail of it above.
God's residence is next to mine,
His furniture is love.