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Author Topic: Emily Dickinson - I felt a Funeral, in my Brain  (Read 631 times)
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Tricky
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« on: June 22, 2007 »

Sarah and lilbitcraze reminded me about one of my favourite poets - Emili Dickinson. So I decided to share my favourite poem of her's




I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (280)      
by Emily Dickinson

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading – treading – till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through – 

And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum – 
Kept beating – beating – till I thought
My Mind was going numb – 

And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space – began to toll,

As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race
Wrecked, solitary, here –

And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down – 
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing – then –

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15391
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« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2007 »

Thank you Tricky!
It's also one of my favourite poems
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