Hope is the first word of three different poems by Emily Dickinson, the first of which famously continues, “is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul.” This Dickinson poem appears to date ...

Three snippets from that elusive New England poet Emily Dickinson, Such a wealth of feeling and wisdom is packed into her elliptical verses. HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS Hope is the thing with ...

As poets and readers gather in Amherst and across the globe, the Tell It Slant Poetry Festival reaffirms Dickinson’s enduring ...

Emily Dickinson, whose birthday was December 10, 1830, was a poet known for her reclusive lifestyle. Many of us today, being increasingly reclusive ourselves, have grown to appreciate the incredible ...

THE verbal genius of Emily Dickinson was concerned with the single, word rather than the whole music. Her rhythms present small variety. On page 13 of the Further Poems, for instance, the rhythms ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, Nancy Wells, the University at Buffalo’s vice president for philanthropy and alumni relations, and Robin Shulze, dean of the UB College of Arts and Sciences, ...

Though a notorious recluse, Emily Dickinson shared her masterful creations with friends and neighbors. Early drafts of her poems are often found on the backs of cake recipes and flour labels. Ah, the ...

Taylor Swift’s new album’s title, The Tortured Poets Department, turned out to be more apt than ever after it was revealed that the singer is related to a very famous poet: Emily Dickinson herself. In ...

GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS wrote to Robert Bridges: “To return to composition for a moment: what I want there to be more intelligible, smoother, and less singular, is an audience.” And again: “There is a ...