Emily Dickinson – Poem 816

A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Who till they died, did not alive become–
Who had they lived, had died but when
They died, Vitality begun.

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2 responses to “Emily Dickinson – Poem 816”

1. Michael Cooper says:

   11/11/2009 at 5:16 pm

   DZ–I usually find her overly abstract in a particularly irritating New Englandish kind of way, but this little gem has made a convert out of me. Emily Dickenson for Theologian of the Cross Poet Laureate, anyone?

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2. DZ says:

   11/12/2009 at 3:39 pm

   just by way of a footnote (ht JD):

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkwJ_Iyvilk

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