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Wasn’t she one of the greatest, Ulyssee?

Hanneke wrote: "Wasn’t she one of the greatest, Ulyssee?"

Yes she was, Hanneke, one of the best.

Excellent, a limerick for Emily.

And I agree, her poetry is wonderful.

Thanks, Nick. And enchanté as we say here in France.

Nice to meet you to, Ulysse

Bravo!

Thanks Julie :)

Wait, you shelved this as "Finished" and "Unfinished" on July 2nd, meaning...

I'm going to guess, like the rest of us on Team Emily, you've yet to read every scrap of paper hidden in her Amherst room with a poem. But those you did read were beyond interesting, no?

Well done Ulysse; Emily is my all-time favourite; your little add-on is lovely and fitting too.

Ken wrote: "Wait, you shelved this as "Finished" and "Unfinished" on July 2nd, meaning...

I'm going to guess, like the rest of us on Team Emily, you've yet to read every scrap of paper hidden in her Amherst r..."

Beautiful, dazzling, sometimes puzzling, always interesting they are, Ken. I'd originally set out to read all of them, but halfway through the 366 poems she wrote in 1862 alone I threw in the towel--after wiping my forehead with it.

Markus wrote: "Well done Ulysse; Emily is my all-time favourite; your little add-on is lovely and fitting too."

Thanks, Markus. I'm not surprised she's one of your favourites. She certainly is one of mine.

Oh yes. Wonderful.
As Dominique Fortier wrote about Emily's choice of life:

"She is not hiding; she is not a recluse. She is at the essence of things, deep inside herself, contemplative, perched in equilibrium between the bees in the garden and the two Dippers, big and little, that light up in the sky when the sun goes down, oustretched like the stylus on a sundial.
It's an ideal life, ideally hermetic, enclosed."

Thanks Dolors! That’s a beautiful passage you quoted above. I’ve just re-read your review of ‘les villes de papier� and really want want to read that book now. Thanks for the the subtle recommendation. Hope you’re enjoying the sun in all its summer splendour 😊