Episode 184 - There’s been a Death, in the Opposite House: Emily Dickinson

A fun thing for Halloween - I'll be reciting some great Halloween poems. Continuing with Emily Dickinson's There's been a Death, in the Opposite House. #poem #halloween #hauntedstories #poetry #emilydickinson #literature

There's been a Death, in the Opposite House
Emily Dickinson

There's been a Death, in the Opposite House,

As lately as Today —I know it, by the numb lookSuch Houses have — alway —

The Neighbors rustle in and out —The Doctor — drives away —A Window opens like a Pod —Abrupt — mechanically —

Somebody flings a Mattress out —The Children hurry by —They wonder if it died — on that —I used to — when a Boy —

The Minister — goes stiffly in —As if the House were His —And He owned all the Mourners — now —And little Boys — besides —

And then the Milliner — and the ManOf the Appalling Trade —To take the measure of the House —

There'll be that Dark Parade —

Of Tassels — and of Coaches — soon —It's easy as a Sign —The Intuition of the News —In just a Country Town —