533a 7/6/24
And now for something completely different.
Did you know that Emily Dickinson is featured in Level 4 of the Poetry Garage at 201 West Madison in Chicago?
That’s right, “Each level represents a culturally significant poet from various historical periods and poetic genres,” and “Sights and sounds of poetry entertain parkers and enable each guests (sic) to remember where to find their car.”
Info is here:
https://www.thepoetrygarage.com/
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533b 7/6/24
Perhaps, “Hope” is the level with open spaces?
In honor of the Poetry Garage, I checked to see if Dickinson ever used the words “parking” (or even “park”) in any of her poems – but no, she never did.
She used “lot” in 9 poems, to mean “circumstance” or “fortune” – and once as the nephew of Abraham; son of Abraham's brother Haran in the Old Testament – and she used the word “car” in two poems, referring to the cars of trains.
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533c 7/6/24
Of the two poems that use “car,” one is very famous – her ode to the bee, “Like trains of cars on tracks of plush.”
The other poem with car, “I think the longest Hour of all,” is interesting in that she mentions “Cars” in line 2 and a “Coach” in line 3.
What do you think is going on in this poem?
More tomorrow.
Fin.
