#PoetryMatters Day 3: #Volcano
“The Soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend –
Or the most agonizing Spy –
An Enemy – could send –
Secure against its own –
No treason it can fear –
Itself – its Sovereign – of itself
The Soul should stand in Awe –“
Remembering Emily Dickinson on her birthday.
Tell all the truth but tell it slant - (1263)
BY EMILY DICKINSON
Tell all the truth but tell it slant -
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind -
#tell #poetrymatters @TheSpineView
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(Poem taken from Prowling Bee Blog)
#NationalPoetryMonth Day 6: I love this poem oh so much. It has the narrative ambition of a novel while retaining Dickinson's trademark mysteriousness. A truly remarkable poem. Link to full poem:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45706/i-felt-a-funeral-in-my-brain-340
This poem 💙