Emily Dickinson

Here’s a poem for a lazy summer afternoon by American poet Emily Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886. Little known during her lifetime, she is regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

Summer Shower

A Drop fell on the Apple Tree –
Another – on the Roof –
A Half a Dozen kissed the Eaves –
And made the Gables laugh –

 A few went out to help the Brook,
That went to help the Sea –
Myself Conjectured were they Pearls –
What Necklaces could be –

 The Dust replaced, in Hoisted Roads –
The Birds jocoser sung –
The Sunshine threw his Hat away –
The Bushes – spangles hung –

 The Breezes brought dejected Lutes –
And bathed them in the Glee –
The Orient put out a single Flag,
And signed the Fete away –

 --Emily Dickinson