seen Sun emerge from
his amazing house and leave a
day at every door
Adapted from the poem When I have seen the Sun emerge, by Emily Dickenson written in 1864 and published in The Complete poems of Emily Dickinson. Edited by Thomas H. Johnson (Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1960).
When I have seen the Sun emerge
When I have seen the Sun emerge
From His amazing House —
And leave a Day at every Door
A Deed, in every place —
Without the incident of Fame
Or accident of Noise —
The Earth has seemed to me a Drum,
Pursued of little Boys
Recently I was driving over this bridge with this view with my daughter who was visiting along with her kids.
As she drove, she looked out the the window and then said to me …
“Do you ever get used to it being so beautiful here?”
I looked up from my hand held where I was checking something important like the current high tide or weather report or latest update on Michigan football.
I looked out the window at what I see every time I drive to work.
Well, I said …
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