Emily Dickinson – A not admitting of the wound (Poem 1188)

A not admitting of the woundUntil it grew so wideThat all my Life had entered itAnd there were troughs beside -A closing of the simple lid that opened to the sunUntil the tender CarpenterPerpetual nail it down - ...

Emily Dickinson – You left me Sire two Legacies (Poem 713)

You left me – Sire – two Legacies – A Legacy of Love A Heavenly Father would suffice Had He the offer of – You left me Boundaries of Pain – Capacious as the Sea – Between Eternity and Time – Your Consciousness – and me –...

Emily Dickinson – A narrow Fellow in the Grass (Poem 1096)

A narrow Fellow in the Grass Occasionally rides - You may have met him? Did you not His notice instant is - The Grass divides as with a Comb, A spotted Shaft is seen, And then it closes at your Feet And opens further on - He likes a Boggy Acre -   A Floor too cool...

Emily Dickinson – My Life had stood a Loaded Gun (Poem 764)

My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun - In Corners - till a Day The Owner passed - identified - And carried Me away - And now We roam in Sovreign Woods - And now We hunt the Doe - And every time I speak for Him The Mountains straight reply - And do I smile, such cordial light Opon...

Emily Dickinson – To fight aloud is very brave (Poem 138)

To fight aloud, is very brave -  But gallanter, I know Who charge within the bosom The Calvalry of Wo -  Who win, and nations do not see -  Who fall - and none observe -  Whose dying eyes, no Country Regards with patriot love -  We trust, in plumed...