As if some little Arctic flower Emily Dickinson As if some little Arctic flower, Upon the polar hem, Went wandering down the latitudes, Until it puzzled came To continents of summer, To firmaments of sun, To strange, bright crowds of flowers, And birds of foreign tongue! I say, as if this little flower To Eden wandered in — What then? Why, nothing, only, Your inference therefrom! This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on December 1, 2024, by the Academy of American Poets.