Emily Dickinson Poems (2290 Poems)
The Soul has Bandaged moments (Emily Dickinson Poems)
512 The Soul has Bandaged moments-When too appalled to stir-She feels some ghastly Fright come upAnd stop to look at her- Salute her-with long fingers-Caress her freezing hair-Sip, Goblin, from the very lipsThe Lover-hovered-o’er-Unworthy, that a thought so meanAccost a … Continue reading
I cried at Pity-not at Pain (Emily Dickinson Poems)
588 I cried at Pity-not at Pain-I heard a Woman say“Poor Child”-and something in her voiceConvicted me-of me- So long I fainted, to myselfIt seemed the common way,And Health, and Laughter, Curious things-To look at, like a Toy- To sometimes … Continue reading
Unto like Story-Troubl (Emily Dickinson Poems)
295 Unto like Story-Trouble has enticed me-How Kinsmen fell-Brothers and Sister-who preferred the Glory-And their young willBent to the Scaffold, or in Dungeons-chanted-Till God’s full time-When they let go the ignominy-smiling-And Shame went still- Unto guessed Crests, my moaning fancy, … Continue reading
Summer’s Armies (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Some Rainbow-coming from the Fair!Some Vision of the World Cashmere-I confidently see!Or else a Peacock’s purple TrainFeather by feather-on the plainFritters itself away! The dreamy Butterflies bestir!Lethargic pools resume the whirOf last year’s sundered tune!From some old Fortress on the … Continue reading
Bring me the sunset in a cup (Emily Dickinson Poems)
128 Bring me the sunset in a cup,Reckon the morning’s flagons upAnd say how many Dew,Tell me how far the morning leaps -Tell me what time the weaver sleepsWho spun the breadth of blue! Write me how many notes there … Continue reading
‘Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch (Emily Dickinson Poems)
414 ‘Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch,That nearer, every Day,Kept narrowing its boiling WheelUntil the Agony Toyed coolly with the final inchOf your delirious Hem-And you dropt, lost,When something broke-And let you from a Dream- As if a Goblin … Continue reading
There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House (Emily Dickinson Poems)
There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House,As lately as Today-I know it, by the numb lookSuch Houses have-alway- The Neighbors rustle in and out-The Doctor-drives away-A Window opens like a Pod-Abrupt-mechanically- Somebody flings a Mattress out-The Children hurry by-They … Continue reading
On such a night, or such a night (Emily Dickinson Poems)
146 On such a night, or such a night,Would anybody careIf such a little figureSlipped quiet from its chair- So quiet-Oh how quiet,That nobody might knowBut that the little figureRocked softer-to and fro- On such a dawn, or such a … Continue reading
Tie the strings to my life, my Lord (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Tie the strings to my life, my Lord, Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses— Rapid! That will do! Put me in on the firmest side, So … Continue reading
I started Early – Took my Dog (Emily Dickinson Poems)
I started Early – Took my Dog -And visited the Sea -The Mermaids in the BasementCame out to look at me – And Frigates – in the Upper FloorExtended Hempen Hands -Presuming Me to be a Mouse -Aground – upon … Continue reading
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