A Man may make a Remark
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 divide - with skill -
Let us discourse - with care-
Powder exists in Charcoal -
Before it exists in Fire -
Emily Dickinson
American poet
1830 - 1886
Link to past Dickinson posts.
Still more of my favorite Dickinson.
Just now starting Rose MacMurray's book, Afternoons With Emily.
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