Feb 12
My favorite Christmas gift shows the blurring of Emily Dickinson’s poetry into her correspondence — and also that, whatever the exact nature of her feelings for her brother’s wife, Sue, she was definitely obsessed. To Susan Gilbert Dickinson                                   about 1861  Could I — then — shut the door — Lest my beseeching face — at last — Rejected — be — of Her? [Editor’s Note] …The tension which developed between ED and Sue, when the infant Ned began to absorb Sue’s attention, is hinted at in this note, which is in the handwriting of about 1861.

My favorite Christmas gift shows the blurring of Emily Dickinson’s poetry into her correspondence — and also that, whatever the exact nature of her feelings for her brother’s wife, Sue, she was definitely obsessed.

To Susan Gilbert Dickinson                                   about 1861 

Could I — then — shut the door —

Lest my beseeching face — at last —

Rejected — be — of Her?

[Editor’s Note] …The tension which developed between ED and Sue, when the infant Ned began to absorb Sue’s attention, is hinted at in this note, which is in the handwriting of about 1861.

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