I'm nobody, Who are you?

I don't love poetry. But, being an English major in college, I had to learn to like it. Some poetry, I'd go so far as to say I appreciate.  That is what made me decide to add goal #88, Create a book of 25 favorite poems to my list.  I want to learn to appreciate all poetry, as well as collect the few poems that I've always enjoyed.

The first poem I ever liked was Emily Dickinson's I'm Nobody, Who Are You? I was in 7th grade when I heard it and for some reason I feel in love with it.  Since then, I've been intrigued by Emily Dickinson and I've done quite a lot of research on her.  She was an odd person, that's for sure.  So, poem 1/25 is Emily Dickinson's I'm Nobody, Who Are You?

I ’m nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?

Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell!

They ’d banish us, you know.

How dreary to be somebody!

How public, like a frog

To tell your name the livelong day

To an admiring bog!