1. brain

  • I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

    I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

    And Mourners to and fro

    Kept treading — treading — till it seemed

    That Sense was breaking through —


    And when they all were seated,

    A Service, like a Drum —

    Kept beating — beating — till I thought

    My Mind was going numb —


    And then I heard...

  • I've dropped my Brain — My Soul is numb —

    I've dropped my Brain — My Soul is numb —

    The Veins that used to run

    Stop palsied — 'tis Paralysis

    Done perfecter on stone


    Vitality is Carved and cool.

    My nerve in Marble lies —

    A Breathing Woman

    Yesterday — Endowed with Paradise.


    Not dumb — I had a sort that moved —...

  • The Brain — is wider than the Sky —

    The Brain — is wider than the Sky —

    For — put them side by side —

    The one the other will contain

    With ease — and You — beside —


    The Brain is deeper than the sea —

    For — hold them — Blue to Blue —

    The one the other will absorb —

    As Sponges — Buckets — do —


    The Brain is...

  • The Brain, within its Groove

    The Brain, within its Groove

    Runs evenly — and true —

    But let a Splinter swerve —

    'Twere easier for You —


    To put a Current back —

    When Floods have slit the Hills —

    And scooped a Turnpike for Themselves —

    And trodden out the Mills —

  • This is a Blossom of the Brain —

    This is a Blossom of the Brain —

    A small — italic Seed

    Lodged by Design or Happening

    The Spirit fructified —


    Shy as the Wind of his Chambers

    Swift as a Freshet's Tongue

    So of the Flower of the Soul

    Its process is unknown.


    When it is found, a few rejoice

    The...