Things have gotten really busy, and so, I’ve been trying to treat myself (creatively) when I can. One treat I recently gave myself was taking a break to attend a Punctuation in Poetry workshop with Irene Latham through the Inked Voices community—“Harness the Power of Punctuation to Create More Impactful Poetry”—and I’m so glad I went!
It turns out Irene is (among many wonderful things) also an em dash aficionado, and she pointed out how much Emily Dickinson used them (which…I guess I knew, but didn’t necessarily consider, if that makes sense). Anyhow, I loved that connection, and now I will secretly always think of them as em(ily dickinson) dashes. 😂
Which brings me to this poem I wrote after the workshop:
An Ode—
How I adore
your languid line—
your stretch, like from the finest nap—you’re a soft, steely axon
cabling each neuron—
a knitting variation—
an invitation—Oh, Dickinson knew—
(and you do, too)—
life’s a glorious series—always interrupted.
Your friend—
Elayne
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