These Are Their Letters To The World

Did you happen to see the Washington Post today?

There in the midst of all the horrific news of our miscreant so-called "president" -- the one who staged a coup to overthrow our government -- there was quite a pleasant surprise.  

There on page A19 -- almost hidden in plain sight -- was a tribute to Emmett Lee Dickinson's third cousin, Emily Dickinson.

The headline for a  letter centered at the top of the page about Apple TV's "Dickinson" declared "Wild Nights! Wild Nights!"

The caption under the photograph said, "Items left on the desk of the late poet Claudia Emerson, including a book of poems by Emily Dickinson, in Richmond in 2015."

Upon closer inspection, though, a wonderful surprise comes into view:  Every letter on the page is introduced by a line from Dickinson's poetry.