the prowling Bee

I set out to comment on all of Emily Dickinson's poems. So far I've done 500 of them – and that's not even a third! Alas, reader...

Best Gains  must have the Losses' test – To constitute them – Gains.                                                                  ...

I lived on Dread — To Those who know The stimulus there is In Danger — Other impetus Is numb — and vitalless — As 'twere a Spur — upon t...

One and One — are One — Two — be finished using — Well enough for schools — But for minor Choosing — Life — just — Or Death — Or the Everl...

The Beggar Lad — dies early — It's Somewhat in the Cold — And somewhat in the Trudging feet — And haply, in the World — The Cruel — smil...

Garter of gold The Day undressed — Herself — Her Garter — was of Gold — Her Petticoat of Purple — plain — Her Dimities as old Exactly...

The Wind didn't come from the Orchard — today — Further than that — Nor stop to play with the Hay — Nor threaten a Hat — He's a tran...

When I hoped, I recollect Just the place I stood — At a Window facing West — Roughest Air — was good — Not a Sleet could bite me — Not a fro...

To offer brave assistance To Lives that stand alone — When One has failed to stop them — Is Human — but Divine To lend an Ample Sinew U...

The World — feels Dusty When We stop to Die — We want the Dew — then — Honors — taste dry — Flags — vex a Dying face — But the least Fan Sti...

Rest at Night The Sun from shining, Nature — and some Men — Rest at Noon — some Men — While Nature And the Sun — go on —                   ...

My Faith is larger than the Hills — So when the Hills decay — My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way — 'Tis first H...

You constituted Time — I deemed Eternity A Revelation of Yourself — 'Twas therefore Deity The Absolute — removed The Relative away...

He told a homely tale And spotted it with tears — Upon his infant face was set The Cicatrice of years — All crumpled was the cheek No other ...

The Whole of it came not at once — 'Twas Murder by degrees — A Thrust — and then for Life a chance — The Bliss to cauterize — The Ca...

From Blank to Blank — A Threadless Way I pushed Mechanic feet — To stop — or perish — or advance — Alike indifferent — If end I gained It en...