Into The Wild

From Jim Asher, the world's leading authority on Emmett Lee Dickinson (Emily Dickinson's third cousin, twice removed -- at her request):

I received a reminder about the Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute on Monday, December 10, at the Folger Shakespeare Library.  I'll be there.
 
I also attended the October 12th birthday tribute to Emmett Lee Dickinson at the Folger Coffee Company Plant where Meryl Streep and Servi-Tron, the new futuristic robot at Starbucks, read from The Garbaged Somethings, a collection of scraps and spoils with the poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson.
 

To read our past posts on The Garbaged Somethings, click HERE.
 
This Monday’s tribute to Emily Dickinson includes a screening of “Wild Nights with Emily ,” a soon-to-be released film about the Belle of Amherst.
 
October’s tribute to Emmett Lee Dickinson included a similar affair with the screening of the Oscar-nominated major motion picture “Wild Rice with Emmett Lee,” a cooking documentary staring Jack Black as Emmett Lee Dickinson, the Boor of Washerst.

Pictured at the right:  The Garbaged Somethings, a collection of Emmett Lee Dickinson poems on scraps and spoils.

Below left:  The movie poster for "Wild Nights with Emily"

Below right:  The movie poster for "Wild Rice with Emmett Lee."
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By Emily Dickinson:
 
Wild Nights – Wild Nights!
Were I with thee
Wild Nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile – the Winds –
To a Heart in port –
Done with the Compass –
Done with the Chart!

Rowing in Eden –
Ah, the Sea!
Might I but moor – Tonight –
In Thee!

​By Emmett Lee Dickinson:
 
Wild Rice – Wild Rice!
Long grain of whole
Wild Rice is steaming
My life by the bowl!
 
Futile – the Cook –
Who microwaves –
Done in an Instant –
Done without Taste!
 
With passion I’ve eaten –
Wild Rice – I assert –
It might be for dinner – But should be –
Dessert!

Below:  An exclusive photo of Jack Black during the filming of "Wild Rice with Emmett Lee."

​If you are present at Monday night's event at the Folger Shakespeare, be sure to say, "Hello."  

I'll be wearing my pin of third cousin Emily (pictured at the right).