Emily Dickinsons Burial
It may seem a cruel tragedy
that Amherst’s greatest poet Emily
Dickinson never got to marry
though she burned ardently to be.
And yet in Death (if you’ll allow)
she did eventually get laid –
not in a man’s bed but a pine box
and (if you’ll allow) this paradox
she still remains a chaste old maid.
Copyright © Maurice Rigoler | Year Posted 2025
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