Emily Dickenson's dreaming of Amherst.

There's a big old steel gate around her grave

Though It makes no difference - crypt or cave

'Cause clocks won't tell the time of day

To those that sleep in dirt or clay.

It's dark - it's deep - what's small will creep.

From the depths of soil on thee they'll heap   

As one takes the long nap in their plot

Where quarters are tight, like it or not.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Lyn Anderson]

Haven't been here in a bit. I like this one. Very poetically curt, and final, in keeping with the theme.

[Relic]

Thank you.

[The Analog Kid]

I like the brevity and the rhyme. Good stuff.

[Relic]

Thanks, Pat.

[The Analog Kid]

You are welcome, TIm. Good to see you back.

[Relic]

Thanks Pat.

[lightsong]

I found this, so I hope it will make You feel a little better that I did, despite the fact that I'm glad I found it, Your rhythm and flow are wonderful, Your irony adds another flavor, what I love about this that You made all humans equal, nothing matters after death, we all will share the same thing no matter whom we were in our lives.

[Relic]

Thank you.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Emily would appreciate this...she wrote so often from the perspective of the dead...and having a poet write about her in the grave, turning to dust, with no mention of God...i think she would be fascinated with this
take on her..."dark--it's deep"
yes,
don't know how i missed this one before, i surely like it , as you would imagine...

j.

[Relic]

Thank you, J.

[Chris Shaw]

Pleased to find this one Tim. Always a sucker for rhyme and meter especially when it is so well done. Hope you get some more reviews soon.
Emily was a great poet.

Chris

[Relic]

Thanks, Chris.

[Paul Bell]

Emily might be the last to get a grave. They tell me space is running out.
Which is not good fortune for our litter critters who like to visit in the 'dead' of night, though I suppose it's always night down there.

[Relic]

Thank you, Paul.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

Wow this is super awesome and fantastic.!! So creative how you picture the grave, its inhabitants whether famous or the unknown, and how you rhyme delightfully meaningfully ah I'm floored. Kudos I must say!!.

Pls pleez do review/ comment/ give yer thoughts on my newest poem. I like Interaction for the human feel.

[Relic]

Thank you.