{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/639e46cac7693300126cc292/6484e2ee1afaa200114174db?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"A FORCE OF POETS, Episode 02 - Emily Dickinson","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/639e46cac7693300126cc292/1686429027893-a3a7648af13578293fcf6380bbc2a1bd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>A FORCE OF POETS, Episode 02 - Emily Dickinson</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The next poet wrote about the bigness of the brain, the mystery of dawn, and the power of a smile.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Find out who and the lines here on The 3:57 by William E. Spear.</p><p><br></p><p>(Theme for A Force of Poets comes up)</p><p><br></p><p>Hello my name is William Spear and this is our series titled A FORCE OF POETS.</p><p><br></p><p>Our second poet is Emily Dickinson.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Brief biography on Emily Dickinson:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>She was born in December of 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts U.S.A. and died in 1886. Her work was first published in 1890 and readers have experienced a collection of writing which includes lines such as the following:</p><ul><li>“The brain is wider than the sky.”</li><li>And, “Not knowing when the dawn will come I open every door.”</li><li>And, “They might not need me; but they might. // I’ll let my head be just in sight; // A smile as small as mine might be // Precisely their necessity.”</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Our episode focuses on these two: SUMMER'S ARMIES and THE PURPLE CLOVER.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From A FORCE OF POETS . . . Emily Dickinson.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>WESJr.</p>","author_name":"William E. Spear"}