Rethink.

With thanks to Ian Skemp and Grace Pham The difference between Despair (305) Emily Dickinson The difference between Despair And Fear – is like the One Between the instant of a Wreck And when the Wreck has been – The Mind is smooth – no Motion – Contented as the Eye Upon the Forehead of …

So glad we are – a Stranger’d deem (329) Emily Dickinson So glad we are – a Stranger’d deem ‘Twas sorry, that we were – For where the Holiday should be There publishes a Tear – Nor how Ourselves be justified – Since Grief and Joy are done So similar – An Optizan Could not …

It’s like the Light (297) Emily Dickinson It’s like the Light – A fashionless Delight – It’s like the Bee – A dateless – Melody – It’s like the Woods – Private – Like the Breeze – Phraseless – yet it stirs The proudest Trees – It’s like the Morning – Best – when it’s …

A Thought went up my mind today (701) Emily Dickinson A Thought went up my mind today – That I have had before – But did not finish – some way back – I could not fix the Year – Nor where it went – nor why it came The second time to me – …

“Rests at Night” (714) Emily Dickinson Rests at Night The Sun from shining, Nature – and some Men – Rest at Noon – some Men – While Nature And the Sun – go on – Comment: I’m not sure if the first word is “rest” or “rests.” A lot may depend on that, and the …

A Door just opened on a street (953) Emily Dickinson A Door just opened on a street – I – lost – was passing by – An instant’s Width of Warmth disclosed – And Wealth – and Company. The Door as instant shut – And I – I – lost – was passing by – …

“A Man may make a Remark” (952) Emily Dickinson A Man may make a Remark – In itself – a quiet thing That may furnish the Fuse unto a Spark In dormant nature – lain – Let us deport – with skill – Let us discourse – with care – Powder exists in Charcoal – …

“As Frost is best conceived” (951) Emily Dickinson As Frost is best conceived By force of its Result – Affliction is inferred By subsequent effect – If when the sun reveal, The Garden keep the Gash – If as the Days resume The wilted countenance Cannot correct the crease Or counteract the stain – Presumption …

“It is an honorable Thought…” (946) Emily Dickinson It is an honorable Thought And makes One lift One’s Hat As One met sudden Gentlefolk Upon a daily Street That We’ve immortal Place Though Pyramids decay And Kingdoms, like the Orchard Flit Russetly away Comment: “It is an honorable Thought…. [t]hat We’ve immortal Place.” Not a …

Fairer through Fading – as the Day (938) Emily Dickinson Fairer through Fading – as the Day Into the Darkness dips away – Half Her Complexion of the Sun – Hindering – Haunting – Perishing – Rallies Her Glow, like a dying Friend – Teasing with glittering Amend – Only to aggravate the Dark Through …