The Oriole (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
The Oriole By Emily Dickinson One of the ones that Midas touched, Who failed to touch us all, Was that confiding prodigal, The blissful oriole. So d…
Emily Dickinson
Summer's Obsequies (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Summer's Obsequies By Emily Dickinson The gentian weaves her fringes, The maple's loom is red. My departing blossoms Obviate parade. A brief…
Summer's Armies (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Summer's Armies By Emily Dickinson Some rainbow coming from the fair! Some vision of the world Cashmere I confidently see! Or else a peacock'…
The Soul's Storm (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
The Soul's Storm By Emily Dickinson It struck me every day The lightning was as new As if the cloud that instant slit And let the fire t…
Bequest (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Bequest By Emily Dickinson You left me, sweet, two legacies, — A legacy of love A Heavenly Father would content, Had He the offer of; You left me bo…
With A Flower (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
With A Flower By Emily Dickinson When roses cease to bloom, dear, And violets are done, When bumble-bees in solemn flight Have passed beyond…
Aftermath (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Aftermath By Emily Dickinson The murmuring of bees has ceased; But murmuring of some Posterior, prophetic, Has simultaneous come, — The low…
A Book (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
A Book By Emily Dickinson He ate and drank the precious words, His spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, Nor that his frame was dust…
March (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
March By Emily Dickinson We like March, his shoes are purple, He is new and high; Makes he mud for dog and peddler, Makes he forest dry; Kno…
The Battle-Field (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
The Battle-Field By Emily Dickinson They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars, Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the June …
Love's Baptism (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Love's Baptism By Emily Dickinson I'm ceded, I've stopped being theirs; The name they dropped upon my face With water, in the country ch…
Exclusion (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Exclusion By Emily Dickinson The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more. Unmoved, she notes the c…
Farewell (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
Farewell By Emily Dickinson Tie the strings to my life, my Lord, Then I am ready to go! Just a look at the horses — Rapid! That will do! Pu…
April (Poem by Emily Dickinson)
April By Emily Dickinson An altered look about the hills; A Tyrian light the village fills; A wider sunrise in the dawn; A deeper twilight on the la…