How can one be fatherless
who has a father's friend
within confiding reach?
Who could be motherless
who has a mother's grave
within confiding reach?
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
American poet
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Found Poem from Two Letters by Emily Dickinson
Here is a found poem from two letters by Emily Dickinson in Letters of Emily Dickinson, edited by Mabel Loomis Todd. The original edition of that book was first published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, in 1894.
How can one be fatherless
who has a father's friend
within confiding reach?
Who could be motherless
who has a mother's grave
within confiding reach?
How can one be fatherless
who has a father's friend
within confiding reach?
Who could be motherless
who has a mother's grave
within confiding reach?
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