A Death blow is a Life blow to Some
Who till they died, did not alive become–
Who had they lived, had died but when
They died, Vitality begun.
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2 comments
Michael Cooper says:
Nov 11, 2009
DZ–I usually find her overly abstract in a particularly irritating New Englandish kind of way, but this little gem has made a convert out of me. Emily Dickenson for Theologian of the Cross Poet Laureate, anyone?
DZ says:
Nov 12, 2009
just by way of a footnote (ht JD):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkwJ_Iyvilk