Mar 19 2005

What If I Say

Published by adminwp at 10:03 am under Emily Dickinson Love Poems

What If I Say

Love Poem by Emily Dickinson

What if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?

What if I file this mortal off,
See where it hurt me, – that’s enough, -
And wade in liberty?

They cannot take me any more, -
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning, now, to me

As laughter was an hour ago,
Or laces, or a traveling show,
Or who died yesterday!


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15 responses so far

15 Responses to “What If I Say”

  1. # Gueston 15 Apr 2005 at 10:38 am

    that was great

  2. # Gueston 03 Jun 2005 at 3:25 pm

    I like the poem but I think that it isn\’t as nice as the other one.

  3. # Gueston 15 Nov 2005 at 5:31 pm

    it was good

  4. # Gueston 13 Dec 2005 at 11:57 am

    this was the worst poem i have ever read. it sucks so f-in bad i cannot even tell you. who the hell is this emily girl? she is definitely the worst poet ever!

  5. # Gueston 13 Dec 2005 at 11:59 am

    this poem was great! NOT!

  6. # Gueston 13 Dec 2005 at 12:03 pm

    this was great

  7. # Gueston 02 Feb 2006 at 10:01 pm

    i love this poem im planning to send it to my long distance bf for valentines! thanks for this!

  8. # Gueston 19 Jun 2006 at 5:49 am

    I think this poem is really quite terrible. I loved some of Oscar Wilde\’s poetry, but this poem is just really [B]boring[/B]…

  9. # Joyon 21 Jul 2007 at 11:09 am

    I love that people come on here and slag Emily Dickinson\’s poetry….Do i hear something about people in glass houses?
    Are two of this womans poems not in the top 100 love poems of all time?? yuh huh.

    each to their own i guess lol.

    I loved this poem, I always have. Thank you muchly

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  13. # mariah garretton 07 Apr 2008 at 2:51 pm

    i love this poem it reminds me of my life and my love for my boys :cry

  14. # heatheron 18 Feb 2008 at 4:10 pm

    AHHHH it sounds so much better picturing a girl saying this to a guy, but when i c emily saying it to her lesbian lover it gives me nightmares….

  15. # rdanielson 15 Sep 2009 at 4:27 pm

    :cry I think she wrote this to a deceased lover and is asking what would would happen if she didn\’t wait for her time to die before leaving so she could see her lover again.

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