Archive for the ‘Poems’ Category

Funeral Poem: Dying (Emily Dickinson)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

The sun kept setting, setting still; No hue of afternoon Upon the village I perceived, -- From house to house 't was noon. The dusk kept dropping, dropping still; No dew upon the grass, But only on my forehead stopped, And wandered in my face. My feet kept drowsing, drowsing still, My fingers were awake; Yet why so little sound ...

Funeral Poem: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (Mary Elizabeth Frye)

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Do not stand at my grave and weep, I am not there, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glint on snow. I am the sunlight on ripened grain. I am the gentle autumn rain. When you wake in the morning hush, I am the swift, uplifting rush Of quiet ...