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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson: Poems | Emily Dickinson
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Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10,1830, to a prominent family of academics, lawyers, and statesmen. Following her education at Amherst Academy and Mt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Dickinson embarked on her impassioned journey as apoet. Composing first in a fairly conventional style, the poetess soon began to experiment with her writing; her frequent use of dashes, sporadic capitalization of nouns, broken meter, and idiosyncratic metaphors made her work unparalleled for its time. Dickinson's poetry dealt not only with issues of death, faith, and immortality, but with nature, domesticity, and the power of language to transfer emotions into written text. An obsessively private writer??only ten of her some 1,700 poems were published during her lifetime??Dickinson withdrew from social contact at the ageof 23 and devoted herself to writingin secret. It wasn't until her death in 1866 that the scope of Dickinson's work was realized, when her sister Lavinia found her prolific collection in a dresser drawer. Since this time, Emily Dickinson's writing has had significant influences on modern American poetry; her complex use of language and form has contributed to her reputation as one of the most innovative poets of the 19thcentury. This collection of some of her finest works illustrates not only Dickinson's talent as a writer but her profound love of language, nature, and life.
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How Miss Em uses those dashes!

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Calling all #emilydickinson fans. This is a must see. So clever! #poetrymatters

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TheSpineView Excellent choice! 12mo
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NataliePatalie If I still worked at Staples I would be making us some of these hahah. 2y
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Branwen
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National Poetry Month: Day 12! ?❤

Here is another Emily poem, one that I think all littens can attest to: "there is no frigate like a book.' ?? I love this one! #NationalPoetryMonth

vivastory One of my favorite Dickinson poems. Great choice 👏 3y
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Branwen
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National Poetry Month: Day 11! 📖❤

Have some Emily to start your week off right! I love this one!

#NationalPoetryMonth

Lynnsoprano One of my favorites, too, and I have a beautiful setting of it that I love to sing. 3y
Branwen @Lynnsoprano That's so lovely! 💕 3y
RaeLovesToRead 😭😭😭😭💕 3y
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#daisy #poetrymatters
Lovely ❤️

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MemoirsForMe Emily! 🙌🏻 4y
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Have a lovely day, Littens. Your posts keep my days happy. 😘

Lizpixie Lovely. Have a wonderful day gorgeous♥️ 5y
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Love lines - Book Illustration Longlist - the one above is by Kate Bird and it illustrates an Emily Dickinson poem.

There are some really gorgeous illustrative work on the longest - i love them all!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/feb/14/love-lines-the-book-illustration-c...

Crazeedi Omg this is beautiful ❤❤ 5y
Crazeedi And the illustrations in this article are divine! The first one I love!! 5y
Mitch @Crazeedi They‘re gorgeous aren‘t they!‘? 5y
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Geenie Ooooh pretty 💕 5y
Blaire Gorgeous!! 5y
Crazeedi @Mitch yes they really are 5y
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Dickinson (Apple TV)

Sharpeipup How is it? The previews intrigued me. 5y
Laughterhp I watched the first episode and the thought the premise was pretty interesting. I don‘t know anything about Emily Dickinson or her work. I felt like I needed to read some of her poems to enjoy the show more. 5y
jewright She is my favorite American poet! 5y
BehindthePages I want to see this! She's my favorite poet! 5y
WanderingBookaneer @Sharpeipup : It is bizarre. Emily Dickinson is very much Emily Dickinson at times, but at other times diametrically opposite from what we know of her. It definitely appeals to a younger demographic. My students seem to know all the guest stars. 5y
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Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson! 💕📚✒

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Emily Dickinson born December 10, 1830.
#onthisday

CoverToCoverGirl Truth! ❤️ 5y
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TK-421 Love this 💕 I‘ve missed your Quotsy posts! How are you doing? 5y
jpmcwisemorgan @TK-421 I‘ve missed Quotsy and there have been times I thought I‘d post one but the day would end and I‘d forget! I‘ve missed Litsy too but I‘ve not really read much the last few months and have not even wanted to think about books. 5y
BehindthePages My favorite poet! 5y
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Emily Dickinson💖

Come-read-with-me @brit91 A lovely quote, as always! 💐 5y
Kaila-ann One of my favorite poems! ❤️ 5y
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Reviewsbylola
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Emily was quite the #beautifulstranger. She rarely left her bedroom, much less her house, and often insisted on speaking to visitors through her closed from door. #movember

cathysaid I feel ya, Emily. 💕 5y
Cinfhen Interesting #LiveAndLearn 5y
BarbaraBB I didn‘t know! Interesting fact! 5y
emilyhaldi My kinda gal 5y
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Catching up part 6!
Anyone who has ever met me knows I hate poetry, and I make exceptions for very few. Emily Dickinson is one of those exceptions because I may not understand what exactly she means, but that doesn‘t mean I don‘t enjoy her work.

#coffin #teamslaughter #chillingphotochallenge

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"Houses"--so the Wise Men Tell me by Emily Dickinson #poetrymatters #wise @TheSpineView

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“There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands away" – Emily Dickinson

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I grew up reading emily Dickinsons poetry. She has a range of poems from light and airy to heavy and deep. Her poetry is very interesting to read and opened up my love for writiny. I would reccomend her poetry as a read aloud or author study. She has an interesting life story. For ELL I would pre-teach vocabulary. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/emily-dickinson teacher/student resource. ##LAe3414SPRING19

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This was the first book of poetry that I read this year, and I just realized that it was still showing in my currently reading titles! My mind drifted away to a less frenetic time, as I embraced the beauty of the language. While I recognized a few poems, many new friends were made from reading this book.

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“The Face we choose to miss,
Be it but for a day-
As absent as a hundred years
When it has rode away.”

#poemsbeforephones

jy0tiar0ra That's so beautiful. And so true! It's wonderful how Emily Dickinson could put so much meaning in so few words. Her poems are a marvel. 6y
DivineDiana @jy0tiar0ra Agree! ❤️ 6y
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“That Love is all there is,
Is all we know of Love;
It is enough, the freight should be
Proportioned to the groove.”

#poemsbeforephones

Redwritinghood Great image! 6y
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DivineDiana
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(Sent with brilliant flowers.)

“I send two Sunsets-
Day and I in competition ran,
I finished two, and several stars,
While He was making one.

His own is ample-
But,as I was saying to a friend,
Mine is the more convenient
To carry in the hand.”

#poemsbeforephones

Tanisha_A Beautiful bouquets! 💐 6y
Bradleygirl 😍😍 6y
Redwritinghood Beautiful flowers! 6y
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DivineDiana
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“A train went through a burial gate,
A bird broke forth and sang,
And trilled,and quivered,and shook his
throat
Till all the churchyard rang;

And then adjusted his little notes,
And bowed and sang again.
Doubtless,he thought it meet of him
To say goodbye to men.”

#poemsbeforephones

Crazeedi ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
monalyisha I love everything about this imagery. 6y
mcctrish 1. This post is stellar 2. I need to read more Emily 3. Poetry is seriously another level 6y
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Litlady Love all of this! 📚❣️ 6y
DivineDiana @Crazeedi @monalyisha @Litlady @CocoReads ❤️❤️❤️❤️ (edited) 6y
CocoReads Beautiful 6y
DivineDiana @mcctrish Thank you! The #poemsbeforephones has inspired me! ❤️ 6y
Redwritinghood The picture goes perfectly with this poem! 6y
DivineDiana @Redwritinghood Finding the image is part of the fun! 🙂 6y
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“Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.”

Illustrator- Anthony Lorente #poemsbeforephones

wanderinglynn Fantastic illustration! 6y
Redwritinghood That picture is 🔥🔥. This is one of my favorite poems of hers. 6y
RohitSawant Awesome image! 6y
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DivineDiana
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“A book I have, a friend gave,
A pencil here and there,
Had notched the place that pleased him,-
At rest his fingers are,

Now when I read, I read not,
For interrupting years
Obliterate the etchings
Too costly for repairs.”

New Section: Time and Eternity
#poemsbeforephones

monalyisha I love this! My mother-in-law & I sometimes share books of poems & I love seeing which pages she‘s dog-eared! This is a great response to all of those who say marking up your books is for monsters. 😅 We‘re endorsed by Emily Dickinson! 😜 6y
DivineDiana @monalyisha Love that thought! Maybe, I shall release my inner need to “protect” my books. 🤔 #itsokwithemily 6y
monalyisha @DivineDiana YES! Release the hounds! 🐶 6y
Wife I now love ❤️ writing ✍🏻 in 📚! And reading others notes too! Thanks #LMPBC and @suvata 6y
suvata @monalyisha 😂 😆 😝 6y
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DivineDiana
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“To make a prairie it takes a clover
and one bee,-
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do
If bees are few.”

I finished Section III- Nature.
#poemsbeforephone

Soubhiville I ❤️ Emily Dickinson! 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage 🐝🌻💚💛 6y
monalyisha GORGEOUS 6y
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Bradleygirl Lovely, can't forget this one! 6y
Eggs Love this poem 6y
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DivineDiana
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“The mountain sat upon the plain
In his eternal chair,
His observation omnifold,
His inquest everywhere.

The seasons prayed around his knees,
Like children round a sire;
Grandfather of the days is he,
Of dawn the ancestor.”

#poemsbeforephones

monalyisha Have you, by chance, read “Educated” yet? There‘s a mountain in that, which Westover calls “the Indian Princess”: “her legs formed of huge ravines, her hair a spray of pines fanning over the northern ridge. Her stance... commanding, one leg thrust forward in a powerful movement, more stride than step”. It‘s one of the more beautiful parts of the narration. 🖤 6y
Redwritinghood Beautiful picture! Very fitting for this poem. 6y
cocomass @monalyisha l just finished reading Educated for my book and my mind went to the Indian Princess as well! 6y
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DivineDiana @monalyisha Not yet! But it is a Book Club choice for this year. Will definitely look forward to this quote! Thank you.❤️ 6y
DivineDiana @cocomass Is the Indian Princess the name of the mountain? 6y
cocomass It‘s either the name of the mountain, or just what the author‘s family called it. 6y
DivineDiana @cocomass Thank you! 6y
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