The fairest Home I ever knew
The fairest Home I ever knew
Was founded in an Hour
By Parties also that I knew
A spider and a Flower --
A manse of mechlin and of Floes --
Emily Dickinson
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A soft Sea washed around the House
A soft Sea washed around the House
A Sea of Summer Air
And rose and fell the magic Planks
That sailed without a care --
For Captain was the Butterfly
For Helmsman was the Bee
And an entire universe
For the delighted crew.
- A Flower will not trouble her, it has so small a Foot,
- The Butterfly's Assumption Gown
- I started Early -- Took my Dog --
- Would you like summer? Taste of ours.
- The Road was lit with Moon and star --
- Like Some Old fashioned Miracle
- It will be Summer -- eventually.
- The Moon was but a Chin of Gold
- From Cocoon forth a Butterfly
- I went to Heaven
- A Murmur in the Trees -- to note
- In Winter in my Room
- Ah, Moon -- and Star!
- Great Streets of silence led away
- As Sleigh Bells seem in summer
- The Trees like Tassels -- hit -- and swung --
- Teach Him -- When He makes the names
- I'll tell you how the Sun rose
Biography
An American poet who spent most of her life in Amherst, Massachusetts, leading a reclusive existence. She composed nearly 1,800 poems, but only a handful were published anonymously during her lifetime. After her death, her work was discovered and published, gaining wide recognition. Her poems often explore mortality, interior life, and the natural world, using unconventional punctuation and slant rhyme. The brevity and ambiguity of her verse create a reflective, sometimes enigmatic tone. She is now regarded as a central figure in American poetry, prefiguring modernist trends with her formal innovations. Her collected poems have influenced countless writers and remain widely studied and anthologized.
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