Saturday, March 15, 2025

March is the Month of Expectation / Emily Dickinson


[1404]

March is the Month of Expectation.
The things we do not know —
The Persons of prognostication
Are coming now —
We try to show becoming firmness —
But pompous Joy
Betrays us, as his first Betrothal
Betrays a Boy.

~~
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

[Poem is in the public domain worldwide]


Beatrice Murch, Expectations, 2011. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.

1 comment:

  1. Anticipation, and then perhaps an engagement is broken re. the boy being betrayed. A 'puppy love' perhaps. Who knows? 🤔

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