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Dear March — Come in —
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Emily Dickinson


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Dear March — Come in 
How glad I am 
I hoped for you before 
Put down your Hat 
You must have walked 
How out of Breath you are 
Dear March, how are you, and the Rest
Did you leave Nature well

Oh March, Come right upstairs with me 
I have so much to tell

I got your Letter, and the Birds

The Maples never knew that you were coming 

I declare how Red their Faces grew —
But March, forgive me 
And all those Hills you left for me to Hue 
There was no Purple suitable —
You took it all with you —

Who knocks? That April

Lock the Door —
I will not be pursued 
He stayed away a Year to call
When I am occupied —
But trifles look so trivial
As soon as you have come

That Blame is just as dear as Praise
And Praise as mere as Blame 

This poem is in the public domain.

 

 

Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) is considered a major American poet, though she was not accorded this honor until well after her death, when her younger sister discovered and began to share the enormous body of work that Emily left behind. A recluse who almost always wore white, Emily was born to a prominent Massachusetts family and spent the bulk of her life inside her home in Amherst. Only seven of her poems were published during her lifetime, and virtually none were published as originally written until the mid 1950s. (Emily's odd punctuation, capitalization, and formatting did not meet with standard publishing  "approval" for earlier editions.)  There is a whimsical nature to many of her poems, although the subject of death was the most frequent recurring theme.

 

 


Post New Comment:
LisaV:
Ah Emily...she knows.
Posted 03/03/2012 09:41 AM


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