Poem-a-Day

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Poem-a-day

[This is my letter to the World]

This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me—
The simple News that Nature told—
With tender Majesty

Her Message is committed
To Hands I cannot see—
For love of Her—Sweet—countrymen—
Judge tenderly—of Me

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on September 12, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson — Photo credit: Amherst College Library

Previous Poems

Title	Author	Date
Letter Home	Pamela Alexander	04/02/2007
An exact comprehension of the composer’s intent	Noah Eli Gordon	04/01/2007
Skills	Jonathan Aaron	05/11/2006
Navigating in the Dark	Erik Campbell	05/10/2006
The Basic Con	Lew Welch	05/09/2006
Heart	Catherine Bowman	05/05/2006
Letter to Denise	Hayden Carruth	05/04/2006
Drowsing over The Arabian Nights	Thomas Kinsella	05/03/2006
Lasting Impressions	Allan Peterson	05/01/2006
Example and Admonition	Dick Barnes	04/30/2006