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Poem by Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


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I send Two Sunsets –
Day and I – in competition ran –
I finished Two – and several Stars –
While He – was making One –

His own was ampler – but as I
Was saying to a friend –
Mine – is the more convenient
To Carry in the Hand.

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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


Emily Elizabeth Dickinson's other poems:
  1. A Shady Friend for Torrid Days
  2. The Goal
  3. Sight
  4. The Thought Beneath So Slight a Film
  5. Portraits Are to Daily Faces


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