Just a heads up everyone, National (USA)Poetry Month is just around the corner! I'm already thinking about what poem I will have in my pocket for Poem in Your Pocket Day. How about you? I live in a mid-Atlantic state and we are having one hell of a March. The first day of Spring is tomorrow and it feels much more like February with the way the wind is howling tonight. So, with that Emily D and my poem of the day.
Emily Dickinson (1830–86).
Part Two: Nature
LXXXVII
DEAR March, come in!
How glad I am!
I looked for you before.
Put down your hat—
You must have walked— 5
How out of breath you are!
Dear March, how are you?
And the rest?
Did you leave Nature well?
Oh, March, come right upstairs with me, 10
I have so much to tell!
I got your letter, and the bird’s;
The maples never knew
That you were coming,—I declare,
How red their faces grew! 15
But, March, forgive me—
And all those hills
You left for me to hue;
There was no purple suitable,
You took it all with you. 20
Who knocks? That April!
Lock the door!
I will not be pursued!
He stayed away a year, to call
When I am occupied. 25
But trifles look so trivial
As soon as you have come,
That blame is just as dear as praise
And praise as mere as blame.
Added note:
While looking for this poem I came across a website with several March poems. I am not up to reading them all now, but the ones I did are very worth a look. For more March poems go to:
http://hedgeguard.blogspot.com/2010/02/ ... poems.html
If you see one you like - post it and say why.