Some recent posts have focused on poems by Dickinson which include mention of the month of May. While exploring information related to yesterday’s poem, “One sister have I in our house” (which includes a reference to “May”), I stumbled upon a blog by “a Carpenter & Poet living ‘up in Vermont.’”
The post I happened upon provides an interesting take on Dickinson’s lines, “I dwell in Possibility – / A fairer House than Prose – / More numerous of Windows – / Superior – for Doors –” since the response comes from a carpenter who is also a writer. Check it out, HERE.
In the post he mentions, “Vendler’s reading of Poem 466 is good and fairly uncomplicated,” so of course, I had to explore, “Who is Vendler” – and I found this info, HERE.
I wondered if Vendler’s reading of this poem ended up on YouTube, but not so; however, I did find this:
The post I happened upon provides an interesting take on Dickinson’s lines, “I dwell in Possibility – / A fairer House than Prose – / More numerous of Windows – / Superior – for Doors –” since the response comes from a carpenter who is also a writer. Check it out, HERE.
In the post he mentions, “Vendler’s reading of Poem 466 is good and fairly uncomplicated,” so of course, I had to explore, “Who is Vendler” – and I found this info, HERE.
I wondered if Vendler’s reading of this poem ended up on YouTube, but not so; however, I did find this:
Oof – and I’m such a goof! The blogger, one Patrick Gillespie, even posted a pic of Helen Vendler’s book “Dickinson: Selected Poems and Commentaries” right there at the top of the page. Somehow I missed it entirely until just now. Here’s my feeble excuse:
At some point yesterday, as I was sifting through the many poems with “may”/”May,” I shifted to a search on poems with “house” – led there, of course, by “One sister have I in our house.” I landed on this particular blog, and I remember running a word search on “house” – but at that point, I was still looking for references related to the “One sister” poem.
At some point yesterday, as I was sifting through the many poems with “may”/”May,” I shifted to a search on poems with “house” – led there, of course, by “One sister have I in our house.” I landed on this particular blog, and I remember running a word search on “house” – but at that point, I was still looking for references related to the “One sister” poem.
Well, it turns out that the word “house” appears 36 times on this newly-found blog page, so I started filtering through them looking for anything to do with “One sister have I in our house.” Slowly, but oh so surely, I realized that the true focus of this post was “I dwell in possibility” and Vendler’s and the blogger’s take on windows and doors – and great googly moogly, I never even noticed the pic of the book at the top of the page!
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So how many poems did Dickinson write with the words “house,” “window” and “door”? Oh, and what about “home”? I’ll get into all of that tomorrow and beyond. For now, enjoy the links I provided today! ; )
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