These are the Days when we look back- On this fair Poet and how she Grew

FEB 13, 202265 MIN
Edicts on E. Dicks- A podcast about the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" and the poems of Emily Dickinson

These are the Days when we look back- On this fair Poet and how she Grew

FEB 13, 202265 MIN

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<p>Happy Valentines Day!&nbsp;</p> <p>The Dickinsibs resolve their conflict, Austin outs himself as a draft dodger, Mrs. Dickinson hops out of bed to sweep, and Emily reads out loud.&nbsp;</p> <p>Oh, and I guess she f*cks too.&nbsp;</p> <p>Meanwhile, Ben and Kyle discuss the inevitable struggles of parenting, horny Shakespeare, and their thoughts on Taylor Swift.&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>These are the days when Birds come back –<br> A very few – a Bird or two,<br> To take a final look –</p> <p>These are the days when skies resume<br> The old – old sophistries of June –<br> A blue and gold mistake.</p> <p>Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee,<br> Almost thy plausibility<br> Induces my belief,</p> <p>Till ranks of seeds their witness bear,<br> And swiftly thro' the altered air<br> Hurries a timid leaf –</p> <p>Oh Sacrament of summer days!<br> Oh last Communion in the Haze –<br> Permit a Child to join –</p> <p>Thy sacred emblems to partake –<br> Thy consecrated bread to take –<br> And thine immortal wine –</p> <p><br></p> <p>All the letters I can write<br> Are not fair as this—<br> Syllables of Velvet—<br> Sentences of Plush,<br> Depths of Ruby, undrained,<br> Hid, Lip, for Thee—<br> Play it were a Humming Bird—<br> And just sipped—me—</p>