Tuesday, August 28, 2007

I'm Nobody! Who Are You

Two birds by kjhads
( see image information below)
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I'm nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us--don't tell!
They'd banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

Emily Dickinson
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About the Poet : Emily Dickinson is one of most well regarded American poets of all times. As is the case with many a well known writers and artists, Emily was virtually unknown during her lifetime and published a handful of poems while she was alive. Today, Emily is known to have written more than 1700 poems in her lifetime!
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Resources:
2. Read about Emily on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_dickinson
3. Check out Dickinson electronic archive http://www.emilydickinson.org/
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Image Information : This image is from http://www.flickr.com/photos/hadders/378725691/

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