Emily Dickinson composed this poem c. 1858 and it was published as 54, in 1891. In one of her letters, Emily wrote what she thinks about a poem, “If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically,Continue reading “Let’s read a poem by Emily Dickinson today!”
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What was ‘The Philosopher’s Joke?’
“Six persons sat round the great oak table in the wainscoted Speise Saal of that cozy hostelry, the Kneiper Hof at Konigsberg. It was late into the night. Under ordinary circumstances, they would have been in bed, but having arrived by the last train from Dantzic, and having supped on German fare, it had seemedContinue reading “What was ‘The Philosopher’s Joke?’”
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