Will there really be a "Morning"? - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - Will there really be a "Morning"?

Will there really be a "Morning"?
Is there such a thing as "Day"?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like Water lilies?
Has it feathers like a Bird?
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard?

Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor!
Oh some Wise Men from the skies!
Please to tell a little Pilgrim
Where the place called "Morning" lies!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 101. Will there really be a "Morning"? Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 9 of 9, added on April 20th, 2008 at 11:42 AM. Do you know that " Will there really be a morning?" is also the title of a very moving autobiography by Frances Farmer, who was a Hollywood star in the 30's, before being sent to a lunatic asylum. This was her favorite poem and reflected her own life. Jean-Claude Laforge from Belgium Comment 8 of 9, added on February 1st, 2008 at 5:57 PM. This poen is pretty bad bloke but im a thinkind will there really be an end to this song!!!! samantha from Australia Comment 7 of 9, added on January 14th, 2008 at 9:55 PM. There are probably several settings of this poem, but Craig Hella Johnson's SA version is spectacularly beautiful. For Jeremy - if you've never seen a lily pad it is an amazing round floating object, not dissimilar to a webbed foot. Of course it is the lightest footprint ever, floating on water, as gentle as her other metaphor of a bird's feather. I think it is an incredible way to envision a "morning" or awakening when you have been secluded (as Dickinson was), depressed, or "asleep" to life. Joanna from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Will there really be a "Morning"?, has received 9 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 101. Will there really be a "Morning"? Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Jul 25 2008, 11:23AM Viewed 9018 times. Added on January 14th, 2008 at 9:55 PM.

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