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437 A Million Miracles Now - "A Bird, came down the Walk" by Emily Dickinson

The History of Literature

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The Phillis Mc Ginley Poem

"I no longer wish to pretend or impress that i am younger than i am. I am becoming stardust," Emily dickinson writes in a poem for her 50th birthday. "It's good to be alive", she adds, as memories flood into her mind like cards being thrown from the air. Mary Listener responds: 'No, i don't think martha steart is a fan of light verse'

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