One need not be a chamber to be haunted, (Emily Dickinson Poems)
One need not be a chamber to be haunted,One need not be a house;The brain has corridors surpassingMaterial place.Far safer, ...
Emily Dickinson Poems (2289 Poems)
It don’t sound so terrible-qui (Emily Dickinson Poems)
426It don't sound so terrible-quite-as it did-I run it over-"Dead", Brain, "Dead."Put it in Latin-left of my school-Seems it don't ...
More Life-went out-when He went (Emily Dickinson Poems)
422More Life-went out-when He wentThan Ordinary Breath-Lit with a finer Phosphor-Requiring in the Quench-A Power of Renowned Cold,The Climate of ...
As imperceptibl (Emily Dickinson Poems)
As imperceptibly as grief The summer lapsed away, — Too imperceptible, at last, To seem like perfidy. A quietness distilled, ...
The Day undressed—Herself (Emily Dickinson Poems)
716The Day undressed—Herself—Her Garter—was of Gold—Her Petticoat—of Purple plain—Her Dimities—as oldExactly—as the World—And yet the newest Star—Enrolled upon the HemisphereBe ...
Have you got a Brook in your little heart (Emily Dickinson Poems)
136Have you got a Brook in your little heart,Where bashful flowers blow,And blushing birds go down to drink,And shadows tremble ...
A loss of something ever felt I (Emily Dickinson Poems)
959A loss of something ever felt I -The first that I could recollectBereft I was - of what I knew ...
What is- (Emily Dickinson Poems)
215What is-"Paradise"-Who live there-Are they "Farmers"-Do they "hoe"-Do they know that this is "Amherst"-And that I-am coming-too-Do they wear "new ...
A Clock Stopped – Not The Mantel’s (Emily Dickinson Poems)
A clock stopped — not the mantel's Geneva's farthest skillCan't put the puppet bowing That just now dangled still.An awe ...
Did you ever stand in a Cavern’s Mouth (Emily Dickinson Poems)
590Did you ever stand in a Cavern's Mouth -Widths out of the Sun -And look - and shudder, and block ...
You’ll find-it when you try to die (Emily Dickinson Poems)
610You'll find-it when you try to die-The Easier to let go-For recollecting such as went-You could not spare-you know.And though ...
Three times-we parted-Breat (Emily Dickinson Poems)
598Three times-we parted-Breath-and I-Three times-He would not go-But strove to stir the lifeless FanThe Waters-strove to stay.Three Times-the Billows tossed ...
The day came slow, till five o’ clock (Emily Dickinson Poems)
The day came slow, till five o'clockThen sprang before the hillsLike hindered rubies, or the lightA sudden musket spillsThe purple ...
My Faith is larger than the Hills – (Emily Dickinson Poems)
766My Faith is larger than the Hills -So when the Hills decay -My Faith must take the Purple WheelTo show ...
Conscious am I in my Chamber (Emily Dickinson Poems)
679Conscious am I in my Chamber,Of a shapeless friend -He doth not attest by Posture -Nor Confirm - by Word ...
He parts Himself-like (Emily Dickinson Poems)
517He parts Himself-like Leaves-And then-He closes up-Then stands upon the BonnetOf Any Buttercup-And then He runs againstAnd oversets a Rose-And ...
A solemn thing – it was – I said (Emily Dickinson Poems)
271A solemn thing - it was - I said -A woman - white - to be -And wear - if ...
Surrender (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Doubt me, my dim companion!Why, God would be content With but a fraction of the lovePoured thee without a stint.The ...
The Waking Year (Emily Dickinson Poems)
74A Lady red-amid the HillHer annual secret keeps!A Lady white, within the FieldIn placid Lily sleeps!The tidy Breezes, with their ...
Of Bronze-and Blaze (Emily Dickinson Poems)
290Of Bronze-and Blaze-The North-Tonight-So adequate-it forms-So preconcerted with itself-So distant-to alarms-And Unconcern so sovereignTo Universe, or me-Infects my simple spiritWith ...
Unto my Books-so good to turn (Emily Dickinson Poems)
604Unto my Books-so good to turn-Far ends of tired Days-It half endears the Abstinence-And Pain-is missed-in Praise-As Flavors-cheer Retarded GuestsWith ...
They called me to the Window, for (Emily Dickinson Poems)
628They called me to the Window, for" 'Twas Sunset"-Some one said-I only saw a Sapphire Farm-And just a Single Herd-Of ...
You know that Portrait in the Moon (Emily Dickinson Poems)
504You know that Portrait in the Moon-So tell me who 'tis like-The very Brow-the stooping eyes-A fog for-Say-Whose Sake?The very ...
This is a Blossom of the Brain (Emily Dickinson Poems)
945This is a Blossom of the Brain -A small - italic SeedLodged by Design or HappeningThe Spirit fructified -Shy as ...
Of Tribulation, (Emily Dickinson Poems)
325Of Tribulation, these are They,Denoted by the White-The Spangled Gowns, a lesser RankOf Victors-designate-All these-did conquer-But the ones who overcame ...
Why do I love You, Sir? (Emily Dickinson Poems)
Why do I love You, Sir?Because-The Wind does not require the GrassTo answer-Wherefore when He passShe cannot keep Her place.Because ...
‘Twas a long Parting – but the time (Emily Dickinson Poems)
625'Twas a long Parting - but the timeFor Interview - had Come -Before the Judgment Seat of God -The last ...
‘Tis One by One – the Father counts (Emily Dickinson Poems)
545'Tis One by One - the Father counts -And then a Tract betweenSet Cypherless - to teach the EyeThe Value ...
You love me-you are sure (Emily Dickinson Poems)
156You love me-you are sure-I shall not fear mistake-I shall not cheated wake-Some grinning morn-To find the Sunrise left-And Orchards-unbereft-And ...
Sweet-safe-H (Emily Dickinson Poems)
457Sweet-safe-Houses-Glad-gay-Houses-Sealed so stately tight-Lids of Steel-on Lids of Marble-Locking Bare feet out-Brooks of Plush-in Banks of SatinNot so softly fallAs ...