Irene Isobel Irene Isobel

Hope for Emily Dickinson

 

Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson! Here is a poem of mine about Hope inspired by an Emily Dickinson poem. From my book of poetry, Everyday Mermaid.

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Irene Isobel Irene Isobel

Hope for Emily Dickinson

Here is a poem called Hope. It was inspired by Emily Dickinson’s famous poem about hope and her explorations of death. Her last written words were, “Called back.”

Death can scare me, so of course that is at the heart of my poem. It is from Everyday Mermaid published by a thousand flowers®.

 

 

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