An Audio Guide to Poetry Recitation - 36. "I heard a Fly buzz—wh

An Audio Guide to Poetry Recitation - 36. "I heard a Fly buzz—when I died"


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Here again is Kay Ryan.

I heard a Fly buzz—when I died
by Emily Dickinson
[Read by Kay Ryan]

I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -
The Stillness in the Room
Was like the Stillness in the Air -
Between the Heaves of Storm -

The Eyes around - had wrung them dry -
And Breaths were gathering firm
For that last Onset - when the King
Be witnessed - in the Room -

I willed my Keepsakes - Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable - and then it was
There interposed a Fly -

With Blue - uncertain - stumbling Buzz -
Between the light - and me -
And then the Windows failed - and then
I could not see to see -