“The Belle of Amherst”
by richibi
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a couple of my Internet interests intersected
recently to bring me this theatrical gem, this
outright treasure
there’d been a few poems of Emily Dickinson
I’d read in my poetry class, none particularly
affecting, while at the Tonys on another site
Julie Harris was winning the ’77 award for
best actress for her role as that very poet, in
a superb evocation, “The Belle of Amherst“,
of Dickinson’s life, available, I, to my delight,
indeed erudition, discovered, elsewhere still
on the Internet, straight from the original
Broadway stage
Julie Harris was the very stuff of Tonys, so
was the production
you’ll want to run back to your Emily
Dickinsons afterwards, even
here’s one
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
Emily Dickinson
Richard
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