How Emily Dickinson Taught Me The Power Of Love And Being A Nobody
I'm thinking about someone today that I love and miss, someone who sent me many poems including this funny little one by Emily Dickinson. I loved it then and I love it now. It makes me smile. I learned there's nothing wrong in being a nobody. Don't you agree?
THE NOBODY CLUB
I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there ’s a pair of us — don’t tell!
Then there ’s a pair of us — don’t tell!
They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog.
How public, like a frog.
To tell your name the livelong day,
To an admiring bog! ~~Emily Dickinson
To an admiring bog! ~~Emily Dickinson
I love Emily Dickinson. My parents once gave me one of my favorite gifts - the complete poems of Emily Dickinson. Who is your favorite poet?