tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post6429014710019075549..comments2024-03-27T11:02:20.107-07:00Comments on the prowling Bee: 'Tis Customary as we partSusan Kornfeldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-26588040290271813152024-01-22T06:39:35.207-08:002024-01-22T06:39:35.207-08:00Speaking of “Emily's own electric hair, [whic...Speaking of “Emily's own electric hair, [which] still retained its auburn sheen” (d scribe, November 28, 2023), the last person to see her face and hair was Higginson, [who] “gazed into the casket before it was closed for the service: E.D.’s face, a wondrous restoration of youth – she is 55 & looked 30, not a gray hair or wrinkle, & perfect peace on the beautiful brow. There was a little bunch of violets at the neck & one pink cypripedium; the sister Vinnie put in two heliotropes by her hand ‘to take to Judge Lord.’”<br /><br />(The Years and Hours of Emily Dickinson, ed. Jay Leyda. 1960, Vol. II, p. 475)<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-71264916000824060102024-01-21T18:27:54.808-08:002024-01-21T18:27:54.808-08:00The common name of Clematis is Virgin’s Bower, whi...The common name of Clematis is Virgin’s Bower, which ED undoubtedly knew.<br /><br />“The clematis, the favoured flower, Which boasts the name of virgin[’s]-bower.” (W. Scott, 1810, Lady of Lake).<br />Larry Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810899482852120751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-16345736211392487622023-11-28T13:36:21.097-08:002023-11-28T13:36:21.097-08:00THIS is why this blog is so essential. Not only wo...THIS is why this blog is so essential. Not only would I have not known the traveling propensity of the clematis otherwise, but I also would not have dreamed that the clematis does indeed look like curls of electric hair. That picture is perfect. Now, I'll never see climatis again without thinking of it as electric, and moreover without thinking of Emily's own electric hair. I saw curls of it at the Morgan Library once and felt amazed that it still retained its auburn sheen. <br /><br />This poem hearkens back to the going-away poem F618 (from this same fascicle #29), the one about using a flower to piece forever to now. Like that flower, here the clematis climbing up on her way to forever leaves a memento behind. <br /><br />And though I would guess that Emily did send this poem with a few curls of clematis to some friend, it transcends that particular occasion. It's a terrific quality of Emily's Occasional Poems, how they nearly always transcend the occasion. It's a rare poem of hers, if there ARE any, that doesn't in some way include future readers in its fold. <br /><br />Here, she leaves us with a trinket to stimulate our love from afar, a poem as electric and curling as the climatis that was left for her. d scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08242682202760522439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-80042622349043896992021-12-29T21:38:12.391-08:002021-12-29T21:38:12.391-08:00I could be, but it just doesn't feel right to ...I could be, but it just doesn't feel right to me.Susan Kornfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05384011972647144453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-47972252642557198782021-12-21T17:45:05.587-08:002021-12-21T17:45:05.587-08:00Could it be about goodbye from a friend who was go...Could it be about goodbye from a friend who was going to war or even from Sue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4029797379711350813.post-79475238720545842192016-12-19T13:49:33.385-08:002016-12-19T13:49:33.385-08:00 Thanks for the botany lesson and the picture ... Thanks for the botany lesson and the picture of the clematis achene!<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com