the other side of the bridge

Just for the season ...

... here's an Emily Dickinson poem with a mention of Christmas - I'm certain there will be no other 'Christmas-poem' quite like this though:


Before the ice is in the pools—

Before the ice is in the pools—
Before the skaters go,
Or any check at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow—

Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder upon wonder
Will arrive to me!

What we touch the hems of
On a summer's day—
What is only walking
Just a bridge away—

That which sings so—speaks so—
When there's no one here—
Will the frock I wept in
Answer me to wear?

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Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886)

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