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June 21, 2021

Emily Dickinson 2 [by Mitch Sisskind]

Preoccupied by photography ever since
That absurd daguerreotype image of her
Appeared in 1847 she presents herself
Several times a week at the sidewalk
Booth of Amherst's tintype photographer
Always in one or another of her favorite 
Disguises though she has no illusions 
Mr. Deutsch is fooled. Fishwife, harlot,
Little Bo-Peep, Jane Eyre, Cleopatra,
And Joan of Arc are some of her many 
Incarnations until she convinces Deutsch
To teach her the process and transforms
Her room into a secret studio for creating
Hundreds of what we now call 'selfies.'

Posted by on June 21, 2021 at 11:26 AM in Mitch Sisskind - Correspondent at Large |

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Comments

Great, Mitch. Are yoiu planning on doing more Emily poems? I hope so.

Posted by: David Lehman | June 21, 2021 at 01:58 PM

One more. As ED expressed it, "My Wars are laid away in Books/I have one Battle more." :)

Posted by: mitch sisskind | June 21, 2021 at 02:38 PM

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