The cryptic nature of Dickinson's poems
 

in Dickinson's writing, "[e]ach word is a cipher"
 
she performs a "subtraction of the ordinary" which forces a "re-ordering of the forward process of reading"
 
tune in to "the immediate feeling of understanding" present in the work, and you will experience "a new way of perceiving"
 
all 51

> from Susan Howe's My Emily Dickinson (1985)

> tagged with #perception, #language, #writing, #poetry

> created Nov 3, 2024 at 9:12:04 AM


> part of unfinished everything


search unfinished everything


unfinished everything is an original work / ongoing project (1997-present) by jeremy p. bushnell

selection, arrangement, and original text available for creative reuse under this licensing arrangement

authors' quoted words are their own.


home |@jpb.bsky.social