Poem A Day

Classic poem

We dream -- it is good we are dreaming --

by Emily Dickinson

We dream -- it is good we are dreaming --

It would hurt us -- were we awake --

But since it is playing -- kill us,

And we are playing -- shriek --

What harm? Men die -- externally --

It is a truth -- of Blood --

But we -- are dying in Drama --

And Drama -- is never dead --

Cautious -- We jar each other --

And either -- open the eyes --

Lest the Phantasm -- prove the Mistake --

And the livid Surprise

Cool us to Shafts of Granite --

With just an Age -- and Name --

And perhaps a phrase in Egyptian --

It's prudenter -- to dream --

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About this poem

First line
We dream -- it is good we are dreaming --
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Themes
death, hope, war, time

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