Emily Dickinson

I never really gave Emily Dickinson much of a chance before. I knew she loved to write about death, and I was not too huge on that topic. But then I read a handful of her poems for class, and I was blown away. One in particular stuck out to me, and it was the shortest of them all.

"Faith" is a fine invention
For Gentlemen who see!
But Microscopes are prudent
In an Emergency!

Something about this poem caught my eye. It is humorous first of all, but there is something even deeper here. This poem says a lot for her thoughts on religious matters. They were all well and good for those who could use them, but for the rest of us there is logic. That is how I interpret it anyway. I have written quite extensively about faith in my own personal writings, and I am always fascinated to get other people's opinions on the matter. I am particularly interested when the opinion is not the norm. Dickinson's opinion is certainly not the norm for her time, and that is what I love about it. Well done Emily, well done!