Emily Dickinson

A friend at work had some extra calendars, one of which had some great images of New England. Each month also had a poem by Emily Dickinson. Until recently I had never had any interest in poetry. I do, however, remember an English teacher telling me that most of Emily's poems can be sung to the tune of the Yellow Rose of Texas. To me this brings up a good question: If we have trouble with the rhythm of poetry, could we pick a song at random and write poetry to it? Give it a try. I'm going to try something with an actual melody, but feel free to try rap as well, I suppose.