Cocoon Above! Cocoon Below!
Cocoon Above! Cocoon Below!
Poem
Cocoon above! Cocoon below!
Stealthy Cocoon, why hide you so
What all the world suspect?
An hour, and gay on every tree
Your secret, perched in ecstasy
Defies imprisonment!
An hour in Chrysalis to pass,
Then gay above receding grass
A Butterfly to go!
A moment to interrogate,
Then wiser than a "Surrogate,"
The Universe to know!
Notes
Written by Emily Dickinson.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Illustrations by Gracie Gralike.
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