The Dickinson Factor

The Dickinson Factor

 

 

adjusting composure

my posture weakened when i read you

poems of discontent

brief eulogies for our love

once so engaged

the life of us was the life worth living

 

and then, the reading became awkward

the writing had no voice

eyes darting to walls with photos

we hung our love upon them

and now i feel the rope burns

as i dangle in disbelief

 

Emily Dickinson often wrote from the perspective

of the dead,

I love Emily,

I loved you,

 

but now

it might be time to love a specter

since the scepter carrying entity

has visited us

 

Emily can't leave me,

she's already gone,

and soon she can write about me

from her grave

 

after all,

a dead heart

is a lively topic

for some.

 

 

erin-cilberto

7/15/19

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

"now i feel the rope burns as i dangle in disbelief" what a great line! If Emily Dickinson could write from the grave, she WOULD write about you, Jacob. Indeed, a dead heart is the inspiration for so many poems. A little different from you...I like it. Lydi**

[jacob erin-cilberto]

that is such a compliment...although i think she would have better things to do...thank you, Lydi...
j.

[Chris Shaw]

Lost love Jacob leaves the heart dead, although you will always have Emily. She can't hurt you from the grave. You will always have your love of Emily. She has to be your favourite poet when you write about her like this. i need to read more of her.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you, Chris...appreciate your words,
j.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Was Emily Dickinson your love you mean??? I admire her works lots. You wrote a sensational poem and I like your word choice and how you express superbly. Kudos.


Pls pleez do review/ comment/ give yer thoughts on my newest poem. I like Interaction for the human feel.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your thoughts on this piece, S.
and however you see it...that is how it is.
read morethank you for your thoughts on this piece, S.
and however you see it...that is how it is.
I love Emily's poetry...my favorite poet. And Emily Dickinson never really had a physical love, but she admired and loved many of the old famous poets...she fantasized.
j.
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I read Emily Dickinson for the fist time tonight and she blew me away. Her story is interesting and I intend reading the whole of it. This piece once more, more than does justice to this icon of American poetry. In this piece you have woven sadness in a eulogy and I hope the dead heart is indeed hers and not yours Jacob!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

she is my favorite poet ever, John...thank you for this review,
j.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

I cannot believe her first book of poetry was posthumous!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Emily only published 11 of her 1775 poems while she was alive...and those, anonymously...
Quite the recluse.

[Relic]

Yes, it is. I was reading her yesterday. Wouldn't it be nice to see and hear her recite some of her poems? I think her accent would be better than the woman on 'Pearls of wisdom.' haha

Good one, Jacob.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, would love to hear her read...
thank you, Tim.
j.

[Ted Kniffen]

Eulogies for love...eulogies for life...are there eulogies for Death?

We can go on thinking everything is fine...then that one sentence knocks us down...shoulders slump...knees grow weak...and all the shared mementos have no substance no matter hard we cling to the past.

Emily has been...and gone...but her words still echo from the grave.

A good write, j.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

thank you for your insight, Ted...and she will never die for me....my favorite poet...
appreciate your visit and kind words,
j.

[Ted Kniffen]

Sylvia may get jealous! ;>}

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i think Sylvia is okay being number 2...and I did do my Masters Thesis on Sylvia...so she has had the bulk of my attention...:))))