«Bloom», poem by Emily Dickinson

 «Bloom»,

poem 1058

by Emily Dickinson

[Amherst, Massachusetts, EE. UU., 1830-

1886, ibidem]

Bloom — is Result —to meet a Flower

And casually glance

Would cause one scarcely to suspect

The minor Circumstance

Assisting in the Bright Affair

So intricately done

Then offered as a Butterfly

To the Meridian —

To pack the Bud — oppose the Worm —

Escape the prowling Bee

Great Nature not to disappoint

Awaiting Her that Day —

To be a Flower, is profound 

Responsibility —

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What a beautiful poem!

How does the flower appear?, did you realize?

Suddenly, the flower emerges not as this pretty object to be admired, but as this ravishing system of aliveness — a kind of silent symphony of interconnected resilience.

This poem 1058, «Bloom», was not published during Emily Dickinson´s lifetime. It was first published posthumously in 1890, in the first collection of her poetry, Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd. This initial collection, released four years after her death in 1886.

Emily Dickinson, Sabina Radeva

I hope you enjoy this poem.

Until next time, with good readings,

Cecilia Olguin Gianelli

Notas

- Emily Dickinson Website: 

https://www.emilydickinson.net/

- Emely Dickinson. Poetry Foundation: 

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson