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Poem for January 11, 2024

The poem for January 11, 2024 is "Those fair -- fictitious People" by Emily Dickinson.

Those fair -- fictitious People

by Emily Dickinson

Those fair -- fictitious People --

The Women -- plucked away

From our familiar Lifetime --

The Men of Ivory --

Those Boys and Girls, in Canvas --

Who stay upon the Wall

In Everlasting Keepsake --

Can Anybody tell?

We trust -- in places perfecter --

Inheriting Delight

Beyond our faint Conjecture --

Our dizzy Estimate --

Remembering ourselves, we trust --

Yet Blesseder -- than We --

Through Knowing -- where We only hope --

Receiving -- where we -- pray --

Of Expectation -- also --

Anticipating us

With transport, that would be a pain

Except for Holiness --

Esteeming us -- as Exile --

Themself -- admitted Home --

Through easy Miracle of Death --

The Way ourself, must come --

About this daily poem

Daily date
January 11, 2024
Poem
Those fair -- fictitious People
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Themes
death, beauty, hope, grief

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