Rebecca's Reading Room

S6 E15: The Moon is distant from the Sea # 387 by Emily DickinsonWelcome to Rebecca’s Reading Room.Today I’m sharing a poem by Emily Dickinson titled “The Moon is distant from the Sea.” Dickinson had a remarkable ability to take something from the natural world and transform it into a meditation on human feeling.In this poem, the moon draws the sea toward the shore, not by force, but through a quiet and constant influence. Dickinson turns this simple movement of the tides into a reflection on devotion, distance, and the mysterious pull one soul can have upon another.Here is “The Moon is distant from the Sea.”The Moon is distant from the Sea –And yet, with Amber Hands –She leads Him – docile as a Boy –Along appointed Sands –He never misses a Degree –Obedient to Her eye –He comes just so far – toward the Town –Just so far – goes away –Oh, Signor, Thine, the Amber Hand –And mine – the distant Sea –Obedient to the least commandThine eye impose on me –Thank you for joining me in my Reading Room,RebeccaMusic by Epidemic Sound"Mirror Of The Heart" by Bladverk Bandhttps://www.epidemicsound.com/track/VOXd2j85h3/