Dec. 25th, 2021

It is a lonesome Glee –
Yet sanctifies the Mind –
With fair association –
Afar upon the Wind
A Bird to overhear*
Delight without a Cause –
Arrestless as invisible –
A matter of the Skies.
(F.873/J.774) Emily Dickinson
* A Bird to overhear:: Ariel (a fairy that can fly like a bird)
Her poems are magical. No one else has ever packed so much emotion and imagery into so few words, and in combinations of words that no one else could ever conceive of. Such a gift to the world!
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