tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post6329955151594531435..comments2024-03-07T04:13:36.330-06:00Comments on The Storyteller's Inkpot: Speaking of Poets--Happy BDay Emily!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-74710489599279696302010-12-15T20:29:11.734-06:002010-12-15T20:29:11.734-06:00"Emily did not care about fame or success.&qu..."Emily did not care about fame or success." She was not interrupting her writing to check her sales' status on Amazon. She lived in her house and kept writing. What a wonder. Thanks for the words of inspiration.Claire Rudolf Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520445613916601377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-33239130723641457302010-12-14T07:23:52.515-06:002010-12-14T07:23:52.515-06:00Also, check out the lovely picture book, "Emi...Also, check out the lovely picture book, "Emily," by Michael Bedard, illustrated by Barbara Cooney, about a little girl who lives next door to the reclusive poet. Very sweet.Liza Ketchumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926743479295373837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1755502616289652010.post-27420376274464475022010-12-13T22:37:22.060-06:002010-12-13T22:37:22.060-06:00Thanks for this post, Lisa. I've always enjoye...Thanks for this post, Lisa. I've always enjoyed the simple beauty of ED. Such a contrast to the work of most of her contemporaries. Her verses have a heartfelt frankness in language that is at once both simple and eloquent. Whether describing "a certain slant of light" or portraying Death as a carriage driver, she creates images that resonate even with 21st century readers.Debra McArthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07434251789378141335noreply@blogger.com