Nature Archives - Emily D Tea Traveler https://emilydteatraveler.com/category/nature/ Tea. Places. Poetry. Life. This is Emily D Tea Traveler. Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:33:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/emilydteatraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Travel-with-Emily-D.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Nature Archives - Emily D Tea Traveler https://emilydteatraveler.com/category/nature/ 32 32 193151920 DIP INTO THE SPOON OF AN OAK https://emilydteatraveler.com/nature-tea-poem-dip-into-the-spoon-of-an-oak/ Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:32:00 +0000 https://emilydteatraveler.com/?p=466 "Dip into the spoon of an oak..." A beautiful freeform found poem from Bethany Rohde—with oak, emerald, and a surprising way home.

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Dip into the spoon of an oak
where emerald air steeps an inward morning
and you read the covering of leaves as home

—Bethany Rohde

 
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Says Bethany, “I was inspired by How to Write a Form Poem, and decided to craft a freeform found poem. My source material is three articles at Emily D. Tea Traveler. I made minor [grammatical] alterations to three of the words. The three sources are…

Your Emily D.
Making the Perfect Cup of Tea
Re-Covering Time

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]]> 466 THIS IS MY LETTER TO THE WORLD https://emilydteatraveler.com/this-is-my-letter-to-the-world-emily-dickinson/ Thu, 27 May 2021 14:44:01 +0000 https://emilydteatraveler.com/?p=410 Enjoy Emily Dickinson's "This is my letter to the world" poem in a beautiful setting. Paired with a meditative photo of a miniature journal.

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This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me, —
The simple news that Nature told,
With tender majesty.

Her message is committed
To hands I cannot see;
For love of her, sweet countrymen,
Judge tenderly of me!

—Emily Dickinson

 
Journal blank page This is My Letter to the World Emily Dickinson
Public domain poem from the volume edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson.

Read more Emily Dickinson poems
Read reflections on the Writing Life

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]]> 410 IF I CAN STOP ONE HEART FROM BREAKING https://emilydteatraveler.com/if-i-can-stop-one-heart-from-breaking-emily-dickinson-poem/ Wed, 19 May 2021 15:57:45 +0000 https://emilydteatraveler.com/?p=267 "If I can stop one heart from breaking" by Emily Dickinson shows a tender wish to make a difference for people and nature. Poem is paired with a peaceful tea photo.

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If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

—Emily Dickinson

 
Green Jasmine tea in Royal Douton Princeton Teacup
Public domain poem from the volume edited by Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson.

Read Wild Nights! Wild Nights!
Read Becoming Emily

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