Who Are You?

(dedicated to people who love American poetry) radical individual Amherst Calvinist village Massachusetts unmarried love nature endless inspiration from birds, animal, plants changing seasons of New England lonely sensitive Bible Shakespeare Classic Mythology clean clearest interesting challenging mocking life joyous brooding boldly frank celebratory witty, sardonic very shy introvert unknown unrecognized greatest poems simple style fullest imagination more modern more innovative than Walt Whitman a hermit a semi-invalid poems of pure a heartbroken introvert a neurotic agoraphobic never use two words if one word is enough combining real things and the abstract ideas into compact blending exploring dark mind hidden desire dramatize death and the tombs a bee a flower common objects excellent intelligent contradiction of paradoxes unconventional broken rhyming meter use of dashes, random capitalization illuminating the keen insight into the human condition concise imagery high humor very vast deeds numbers at poems many strange strips many capital letters the juxtaposition meaningful of words and worthy phrases use paradox to make tremendous effects mystic and haunted sensitivity to nature weird approaches exotic sensuality shining brilliancy The murmur of a bee Elysium is as far as to Wild Nights! Wild Nights! I felt a funeral, in my Brain Heart, we will forget him! Come slowly, Eden! Nature rarer uses yellow I’m nobody. Who are you? The heart asks pleasure first The Tint I cannot take – is best On this wondrous sea Who robbed the woods Delight becomes pictorial An awful tempest mashed the air We like March, his shoes are purple A dying tiger – moaned for drink Two butterflies went out at noon Because I Could Not Stop for Death To my quick ear the leaves conferred Presentiment is long shadow on the lawn (inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poems)