Emily—in the Morning—: Recent Episodes

Catherine

Each morning, join me for a cup of coffee and a poem by Emily Dickinson

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Good morning! Today, we are visiting an art gallery. 

Also, check out the lovely blog that inspired today's interpretation: https://bloggingdickinson.blogspot.com/search?q=artists+wrestled+here

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Good morning! Today, we look into manufacturing love

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Today, we think about Life, and, by extension, medicine 

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Good morning! Today we are heading out to sea

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Today, we are flowers, or else, Dickson is– we can't be quite sure

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Good morning! Today, things get a bit fuzzy

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Good morning! Today, we meet at a grave and think of hope

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Good morning! Today, we are exploring a religious metaphor, and some dreams

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Good morning! Today, we are in Rome.

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Good morning! Today, I am back, though a bit rusty in terms of thinking about Dickinson. 

Regardless, we are considering the idea of morning and of light as potentially unknowable. 

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Today, we are exploding some metric patterns—and we didn't mention Death once! Well, unless fossils count.... Oblique reference....

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We are thinking about Spring today— but also death and snow, of course.

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We're back, with hopefully better audio quality, to the inescapable theme: Death.

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Sorry for the poor audio quality this morning-- I couldn't record in my usual place today! In the meantime, I hope you enjoy thinking about epistemology.

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We're back, thinking about Death.

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Good morning! Today, we think about poems as nosegays, also Death and Eternity 

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Good morning! Today, we watch flowers wilt

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Good morning! Today, we think again of Death, but this time with some floral imagery

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Good morning! Today, we are annoyed at a friend 

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Good morning! Today, we kidnap a blossom, but no one knows why

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Good morning! Today, we think about the frustration of "what if"

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Good morning! Today, we have what is Not a Riddle 

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Good morning! More thoughts of Death today—this time from those left behind

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Good morning! Today, we think of Death and waking to Eternity 

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Good morning! Today, we speak of flowers without mentioning them

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Good morning! Today, we think about friendship, betrayal, and out-of-context Scripture

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Good morning! Today, we encounter a love poem that involves a Sparrow 

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Good morning! Today, we find hope in the mundane 

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Good morning! Today, we're probably talking about a flower. It's dead, of course

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Good morning! Today, we think about flowers, lawns, and God

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Good morning! Today, we compare life to a panoramic view of the Alps

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Good morning! Today, we think about Death and Belief, though I must say I disagree with where Dickinson leads us in this poem 

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Good morning! Today, we have a poem of hope for the weary of heart 

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Good morning! Today, we attempt to Escape 

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Good morning! Today, we think about the sea and delight. Eternity looms behind, but I'm trying not to think about it today

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Good morning! Today, we try to sort through some delightful images 

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Good morning! Today, we talk about Spring and the Resurrection 

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Good morning! Today, we talk about the relationship between failure and success. And Eternity, of course! 

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Good morning! We're thinking about Death again: how should we say goodbye? 

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Good morning! Today, we think about Death, so you may want to postpone listening to this one until after you've had your morning coffee 

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Good morning! Today we think about what the scientific method misses about the world 

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Good morning! Today, we are distracted

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Good morning! Not sure what this poem is about, but definitely death

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Good morning! Today, we think about longing 

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Good morning! Today, we marvel at Spring

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Good morning! Today, we think about Spring and Eternity

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Good morning! Today, it is Spring!

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Good morning! Today, we consider the proportionality between pain and peace

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Good morning! Today, we see Dickinson grappling with St. Paul in a moment of disbelief.

Also, check out the substack! You can read the poems and make comments there.

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Good morning! Today, we think about rat heaven 

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Good morning! Today, we have a riddle that I am unable to solve

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Good morning! Today, we have a heavy dose of death and uncertainty.... 

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Good morning! Today, we think of simple days and how to enjoy them

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Good morning! Today, we're thinking about friendships that are stronger than Death. (So, yes.... there is more Death in this poem...)

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Good morning! Today, we think about kind deeds and secret smiles 

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Good morning! Today, we contemplate mortality and the stock market 

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Good morning! Another one about death, this time the poet is processing the death of a young girl

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Good morning! Today, we head to the sea

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Good morning! Today, we think about graveyards as villages of the dead

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Good morning! Today, we contemplate mortality, saying goodbye, and the journey of eternity 

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Good morning! We're back, and talking about death

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Good morning! (Or... actually afternoon...) Today, we talk about hope and doves and images of those two things 

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Good morning! Today, we move on to unrequited love

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Good morning! More death and eternity today, so, as always, only listen if you're up for it. Ultimately, we're left hopeful, but there is an astonishing amount of graveside imagery 

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Good morning! Today, we're talking about death, so... maybe skip this one if that doesn't sound like a good idea

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Good morning! Today Dickinson compares herself to Roses, unsuccessfully.

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Good morning! Today, we are back to talking about death and Eternity 

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Good morning! Today, we have possibly the most relatable opening line in all of Dickinson

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Good morning! Today, Dickinson takes us to the woods

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Good morning! Today, Dickinson expresses—in an only mildly gruesome way—her abiding Hope

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Good morning! Today, Dickinson asks us a somewhat troubling question: what if?

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Good morning! Today's poem is only four lines—but it still manages to be vague enough to merit at least two readings! 

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Good morning! Hopefully the audio issues will be fixed today so you can enjoy thinking about the quiet moments.

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Good morning! Today we go dancing in the snow

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In today's poem, we talk of Roses and Divinity

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Good morning! Today, we think about nobility, honour, and equity

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Good morning! Today's episode is a study in opposites, measuring grief in terms of joy

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Good morning! Today's poem is possibly an inscription accompanying the  gift of flowers. Regardless, it is a wonderful reflection on nature's  cycles and the human desire to leave a legacy

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Good morning! Today, we have what is possibly a Resurrection poem

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Good morning! Today's poem captures the two perspectives of disaster: that of time and that of Eternity

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Good morning! Today's poem brings us to Flanders—probably—and invites us to meditate on Death

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Good morning! Today's poem is about Death and Eternity—it is a bit gruesome, though far from graphic

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Good morning! Today, we join Dickinson in watching a bird in flight

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Good morning! Today is the second part of the riddle poem sequence

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Good morning! Today is the first part of the two riddle poems.

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Good morning! In today's very late episode, Dickinson talks about the Eternal Morning

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Good morning! Today, we hear Dickinson describing the painful longing of missing a friend. 

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Good morning! Today's poem brings us through nature into the religious space.

(I apologize for the mic today! It has been acting up recently, but I didn't have time to re-record.)

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Good morning! Taking a chance on today's poem. 

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Today's poem is about the loss of Summer—a bit much since we only just welcomed Spring, but bear with Emily and I. 

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Today's poem is either by or about a rose.

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Today, we attend Summer's funeral.

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In today's poem, we look forward to the exuberance of Spring

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Today's poem is a toast—cheers to all our wonderful listeners!

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Today's poem is about the sun—rising or setting—or is it all the same? 

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Today's poem is a tribute to Emily Dickinson's sister in law, Sue, but it also is a beautiful reflection on friendship.

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Today's poem is about sleep and the dawn, with, of course, references to death and Eternity woven throughout. 

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Today we finally get to one of Dickinson's more well-known works. 

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Today's poem is something of a mystery, and my reading of it is certainly only one among many interpretations. 

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Today's poem is filled with movement imagery and, as usual,  with Eternity. 

I did have some difficulty remembering how rhymes worked this morning, but here's the rhyme scheme I was attempting to describe:

A/A/B/C    |    D/D/E/C

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Today, we have a whimsical poem—bringing us back to a childhood imagination. Or... do we? 

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Today, we almost had a riddle to solve.

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Today, we have another poem about Eternity, but this time Dickinson gives us the imagery directly. She playfully grapples with the meaning of Faith and Science.

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Today's poem is about changing seasons—spring becoming winter, and back again. 

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Today's poem is a delightful metaphor of Eternity. 

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Today's poem is a delightful conversation on the familiar lost-on-the-sea-of-Eternity motif. 

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Today's poem is another lighthearted one, in which Dickinson wields clichés with mighty good humor. 

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Another one of Emily Dickinson's poems to begin your day 

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Welcome to Emily—in the Morning—

This is a podcast on which I share my morning cup of coffee with a poem by Emily Dickinson, and I share that poem with you.