I dwell in Possibility

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I dwell in Possibility is Emily Dickinson's radiant celebration of poetry's power, declaring that Possibility (poetry) is a fairer house than Prose, with more windows and superior doors. "I dwell in Possibility — / A fairer House than Prose —"
Author Emily Dickinson
Credit for portrait of Emily Dickinson: Todd-Bingham picture collection, 1837-1966 (inclusive). Manuscripts & Archives, Yale University.

I dwell in Possibility —
A fairer House than Prose —
More numerous of Windows —
Superior — for Doors —

Of Chambers as the Cedars —
Impregnable of Eye —
And for an Everlasting Roof
The Gambrels of the Sky —

Of Visitors — the fairest —
For Occupation — This —
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
To gather Paradise —