The Mind
There are two ripenings—
From Further Poems of Emily Dickinson (1929)
The Mind
There are two ripenings—
One of sight, whose forces
Spheric wind,
Until the velvet product
Drops, spicy, to the ground.
A homelier maturing,
The process in the burr—
That teeth of frosts
Alone disclose
On far October air.
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MLA
Dickinson, Emily. “There are two ripenings—.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/598/.
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Dickinson, Emily. “There are two ripenings—.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dickinson/598/.
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