Thursday, April 27, 2017

A Poem by Emily Dickinson about Fire and Flood

Here is a short, untitled poem by Emily Dickinson.


You cannot put a Fire out --
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan --
Upon the slowest Night --

You cannot fold a Flood --
And put it in a Drawer --
Because the Winds would find it out --
And tell your Cedar Floor --


Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
American poet

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