My tacky heart
Beats too fast -
A Plaything
For my rib cage -
I could give it
To You, if You asked
But You
Never do -
***
Love refuses me Nothing.
Every nook
And cranny Fulfilled;
Love refuses me Nothing -
I have only to ask,
And it is Your Will -
That I Be Satisfied.
***
What more can I ask, Beloved?
What more can I say?
For You have heard
every Word -
and shown me
every Way -
© Shaista Tayabali, 2015
The poets over at dverse suggested we write in the style of Emily Dickinson for today's poetry prompt. So I have… but I also feel the need to post a real Emily D poem, one of my favourites -
You cannot put a Fire out -
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan -
upon the slowest Night -
You cannot fold a Flood -
And put it in a Drawer -
Because the Winds would find it out -
And tell your Cedar Floor -
(poem 530, c. 1862)
Beats too fast -
A Plaything
For my rib cage -
I could give it
To You, if You asked
But You
Never do -
***
Love refuses me Nothing.
Every nook
And cranny Fulfilled;
Love refuses me Nothing -
I have only to ask,
And it is Your Will -
That I Be Satisfied.
***
What more can I ask, Beloved?
What more can I say?
For You have heard
every Word -
and shown me
every Way -
© Shaista Tayabali, 2015
You cannot put a Fire out -
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan -
upon the slowest Night -
You cannot fold a Flood -
And put it in a Drawer -
Because the Winds would find it out -
And tell your Cedar Floor -
(poem 530, c. 1862)
12 comments:
Lovely poems that you posted--very much like Emily would write. And I really enjoyed the one of hers that you posted--I was not familiar with it. Thanks for sharing with us.
Good work here. For something that seems so easy, it is a deceptive style and you did a super write. The poem you posted is one of my favorites of hers.
You've managed well to capture some elements of the style of Emily Dickinson!
A neat series you wrote! I like the third one best.
a beautiful write of restrained emotion in Dickinson style...
Emotionsfloodfire
hiding
EXPRESSING
hurting..
or
feeling..
poetryasymptom
ofheARTsearchInGfeelings..
Andmostsadlyempathically
feelinGmeseemsEmily
never
reaches
DESTINATION
FEELING..
HEARTFELT
POETRY
Expresses..:)
You do a wonderful Emily, my friend. I especially like "Love refuses me nothing - every nook and cranny fulfilled." Your blog banner photo is spectacular. I love seeing you up there!
Bravo! I especially loved,
Love refuses me Nothing.
Every nook
And cranny Fulfilled;
Love refuses me Nothing -
I have only to ask,
And it is Your Will -
That I Be Satisfied.
true to her style indeed - all 3!
Victoria, thank you so much for your comment. And for the great compliment! I really enjoyed this task.
Thank you so much! It is, as you say, an incredibly deceptive style. So it was an excellent dverse challenge.
Thanks Mary - I think she was a very clever poet. Deceptively simple as Spencer mentioned.
Thank you so much Anthony - a compliment from a fellow poet is always a wonderful thing. Congratulations on the upcoming publication!
Post a Comment
Click to leave a comment