'Into her inner ear'
The Emily Dickinson House, in Amherst, Mass. Most critics consider Dickinson (1830-1886) one of the greatest American poets. The house is now a museum.
"As Emily Dickinson
would not come down, I'm
sorry, but I've felt the need to climb
the worn steps to her rook,
winding up the stair
as if into her inner ear.''
From "The Upper Story'', by Mary Jo Salter