Tell all the truth but tell it slant

EMILY DICKINSON

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —Success in Circuit liesToo bright for our infirm DelightThe Truth’s superb surpriseAs Lightning to the Children easedWith explanation kindThe Truth must dazzle graduallyOr every man be blind —

Back when I was young, I fell in love with poets and poetry. I would take Emily’s poems and write and re-write them in my journals. I would create little books of her poems. Now that I am thinking of her, I feel like visiting her home. Here is the link: https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/

Find a poem of hers you like, write and re-write in your journal or better yet, do the same for a poet you love.