Read the poem: “Power”

by Emily Dickinson

Download PDF

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson
< < < Possession
Prayer > > >

---

Power

---

You cannot put a fire out;

   A thing that can ignite

Can go, itself, without a fan

   Upon the slowest night.

---

You cannot fold a flood

   And put it in a drawer, —

Because the winds would find it out,

   And tell your cedar floor.

---

< < < Possession
Prayer > > >

American Literature – American Poetry – Emily Dickinson

---

---

Copyright holders –  Public Domain

If you liked this article, subscribe , put likes, write comments! Share on social networks

Check out Our Latest Posts

• Poèmes et peinture, semaine du 5 Juillet 2026
• Poems and painting, Week of July 5, 2026
• Joyeux 4 juillet avec un peu d’histoire.
• Happy 4th of July with a bit of history
• Poèmes et peinture, semaine du 21 juin 2026
• Poems and painting, Week of June 21, 2026

---

© 2023 Akirill.com – All Rights Reserved