A review by labyrinth_witch
Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson

inspiring relaxing fast-paced

3.0

I love Emily Dickinson’s poetry. And while the poems in this book will not be as put-together as a collection of her work, seeing the at she wrote on envelopes and other paper scrapes is inspiring. This week I have been reading art books about doing art on every things you can find (as opposed to fancy sketchbooks that scare you with their pristine pages). I think a lot of how Emily Dickinson decided her clothes needed to fit her life- pockets for these paper scraps and a pencil, so she could also create and manifest her internal poetry. It’s also lovely to see how she was playing with ideas and lines, scratching out words or stacking different word choices. It’s almost like you can see her mind thinking, and it’s such a treasure. We so rarely get to see the process rather than the finished product.