A Bird, came down the Walk

"A Bird, came down the Walk" is a short poem by Emily Dickinson that turns a quiet garden moment into something suspenseful. A bird, unaware he is watched, tears apart an angle worm, sips dew from a blade of grass and steps aside for a passing beetle. Then the speaker offers a crumb, and the wary creature's frightened, bead-bright eyes meet hers. What follows is a flight described with startling, dreamlike grace.

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