Michael T. Smith lives and writes in LaFayette, Indiana.
Emily Dickinson’s Dashes
By Michael T. Smith
I mean – oh my – “He aven”
God! Have you read a poem by –
Emily Dickinson? It’s like she’s the almighty
Typographer. With dashes more important than
Punctuation – or word choice. She –
Clearly one without an autoformat –
Just went nothing but nuts—
With the dashes, I mean – not
Her — actual — mental illness –
These lines, these –
Are like giggles, filling a page madly –
A page that never really ends –
Now, I have to go see some of Emily’s work. lol