Friday Poetry: Emily Dickinson

Happy Friday!

I have managed a good amount of reading today which has been nice.

My chosen poem this week is by the American poet Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).

A Light Exists in Spring

A light exists in spring
Not present on the Year
At any other period - 
When March is scarcely here
A Color stands abroad
On Solitary Fields
That Science cannot overtake,
But Human Nature feels.

It waits upon the Lawn, 
It shows the furthest Tree
Upon the furthest Slope you know;
It almost speaks to you. 

Then, as Horizons step
Or Noons report away
Without the Formula of sound
It passes, and we stay -

A quality of loss
Affecting our Content, 
As Trade had suddenly encroached 
Opon a Sacrament -

Emily Dickinson

Happy Reading

Etsy

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