Christopher Wirth quietly stepped up to the stage with his Emily Dickinson “Wild Nights, Wild Nights” poem in hand. He walked to the podium, set the poem down, took a deep breath and a step back. Unpredictably, he bursted forth with his dramatization of the poem:
Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!
Futile the winds
To a heart in port,
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.
Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the sea!
Might I but moor
To-night in thee!
He projected himself out into the crowd passionately reciting the already passionate poem.
Students, faculty, and staff alike were awestruck by the performance Wirth gave. The faculty was so amazed that they were still talking about it during their meeting afterwards.
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