Uploaded on August 31, 2011
Will there really be a morning?
Is there such a thing as day?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?
Has it feet like water-lilies?
Has it feathers like a bird?
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard?
Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor!
Oh, some wise man from the skies!
Please to tell a little pilgrim
Where the place called morning lies!
—Emily Dickinson
Poetry for Young People: Emily Dickinson
08.31.2023: Ah, Emily. Her verses seem so innocent, but are they? I think she was far darker than most people realize.