A Bird Came Down Emily Dickinson
Came Down the Walk Necklace
“He did not know I saw”
A finch perched mid-note on a fine, fog-grey chain.
The Story
It begins the way Dickinson's poem does — unobserved. A finch comes down the walk, mid-note, certain it is alone. We caught that single private second and held it in silver: the head turned, the throat full of song, the moment before it knows it is seen.
Worn at the hollow of the throat on a fine fog-grey chain, it sits where your own voice is. A small wild thing, kept close — the bird that did not know you saw.
The Poem
A Bird, came down the Walk —
He did not know I saw —
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass —
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass —
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad —
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head. —
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home —
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, plashless as they swim.
A Bird, came down the Walk — — Emily Dickinson 1830–1886
Technical Details
- Material
- Recycled sterling silver
- Finish
- Oxidised ground, polished bird
- Dimensions
- 18 mm finch
- Chain
- 450 mm (18") cable, incl.
- Cast from
- Hand-modelled finch
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