Okay, this is too funny – that is, the last thing I’ll include in this post is too funny! It made me chuckle!
I’ll begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year (though I’ll admit that I’m a bit worried about the Year of the Snake).
Yesterday, on the eve of New Year’s Eve, I posted info related to how often Dickinson used the word “eve.” If you missed it, that post is HERE.
For today, I ran a Google-search on “Emily Dickinson and New Year’s Eve,” and I found a page of “Poems for the New Year” published by poets.org, HERE. It includes a “ list of New Year’s poems to call on after the clock strikes midnight” tonight.
Some of the poems are linked, some are not. A poem by Dickinson is included on the list – “One year ago – jots what?” – and it is not linked; therefore I’ve posted the poem in a pic below.
I’ll begin by wishing everyone a Happy New Year (though I’ll admit that I’m a bit worried about the Year of the Snake).
Yesterday, on the eve of New Year’s Eve, I posted info related to how often Dickinson used the word “eve.” If you missed it, that post is HERE.
For today, I ran a Google-search on “Emily Dickinson and New Year’s Eve,” and I found a page of “Poems for the New Year” published by poets.org, HERE. It includes a “ list of New Year’s poems to call on after the clock strikes midnight” tonight.
Some of the poems are linked, some are not. A poem by Dickinson is included on the list – “One year ago – jots what?” – and it is not linked; therefore I’ve posted the poem in a pic below.
This same poem is included on another list, “15 Classic Poems for the New Year,” HERE, and this site adds, “The poet wrote it on the anniversary of her father's death.”
Hmm…Johnson dates the poem to 1861 while Franklin and Miller both list the poem as from 1862. Edward Dickinson, Emily’s father, died in 1874, so that little bit of trivia is incorrect.
Okay, now to that funny bit I alluded to (“to which I alluded” for all you grammarians out there):
This is the final #DickinsonDaily post until mid-January as my wife and I are off to Hawaii. Just to be funny, I ran a Google-search on “Emily Dickinson and Hawaii” to see what might pop up.
I’ve posted below the first bits of info from the top of the page that was generated.
Hmm…Johnson dates the poem to 1861 while Franklin and Miller both list the poem as from 1862. Edward Dickinson, Emily’s father, died in 1874, so that little bit of trivia is incorrect.
Okay, now to that funny bit I alluded to (“to which I alluded” for all you grammarians out there):
This is the final #DickinsonDaily post until mid-January as my wife and I are off to Hawaii. Just to be funny, I ran a Google-search on “Emily Dickinson and Hawaii” to see what might pop up.
I’ve posted below the first bits of info from the top of the page that was generated.
Then, I scrolled down the page. Lo and behold, I found a link to info from my own site, HERE. LOL – take a peek and let me know if you remember the bizarre milestone the post refers to (“to which the post refers” for all you grammarians out there).
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