Sunday, April 30, 2006

NaPoMo Dickinsonian Oracle and Writing Exercise #30

At long, long last, and with only a small drop of regret, the Dickinsonian-Oracle's-Oracular-Writing-Exercise celebration draws to a close.

In honor of National Poetry Month, and for those interested in its NaPoWriMo incarnation, Brightly is proud to bring to you the Dickinsonian Oracle's Oracular Writing Exercise.

Here is the NaPoWriMo DiOrOrWriEx procedure:
(1) Pose a question to the oracle (just for fun. Maybe you'll get a decipherable answer).
(2) Read the oracle's pronouncement and writing commandment.
(3) Write a bit of poetry.

The Dickinsonian oracle, in a last-minute flurry, oraculates:

The Soul selects her own Society -
Then - shuts the Door -
To her diving Majority -
Present no more -

Unmoved - she notes the Chariots - pausing -
At her low Gate -
Unmoved - an Emperor kneeling
Opon her mat -

I've known her - from an ample nation -
Choose One -
Then -close the Valves of her attention -
Like Stone -
(E. Dickinson, 409)

And the very final writing commandment:

Write a poem addressed to the member(s) of your soul's select society. What must such members do to insure that you won't turn to stone in (because of) their presence?

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