Further than Guess could gallop

 

photo by Debbie De Frank-Jordan

Here's a mind-bending poem by Emily Dickinson.  I only recently encountered this one, thanks to my poet friend April Lindner:

Under the Light, yet under

Under the Light, yet under,

Under the Grass and the Dirt,

Under the Beetle’s Cellar

Under the Clover’s Root,

Further than Arm could stretch

Were it Giant long,

Further than Sunshine could

Were the Day Year long,

Over the Light, yet over,

Over the Arc of the Bird —

Over the Comet’s chimney —

Over the Cubit’s Head,

Further than Guess can gallop

Further than Riddle ride —

Oh for a Disc to the Distance

Between Ourselves and the Dead!

—Emily Dickinson

Wren and Mouse Molly Brett