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.” ...

Though almost all of Emily Dickinson’s famous poems, from the morbid “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” to the uplifting “‘Hope’ Is the Thing With Feathers,” were published after ...

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 ...

Poet Emily Dickinson Was A Much Loved Baker Though a notorious recluse, Emily Dickinson shared her masterful creations with friends and neighbors. Early drafts of her poems are often found on the ...

“Emily Dickinson is one of our most original writers, ... Emily Dickinson’s poems have true lyric appeal, because they make abstractions, such as love, hope, loneliness, death, ...

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson by Martha Hale Shackford Not long ago a distinguished critic, reviewing Father Tabb's poetry, remarked, 'At his most obvious affinity, Emily Dickinson, I can only glance.

The Letters of Emily Dickinson collects 1,304 letters, starting with one she wrote at age 11. Her singular voice comes into its own in the letters of the 1860s, which often blur into poems.

Emily Dickinson is considered one of most original voices in poetry and as one of the founders of a uniquely American poetic tradition. But the world may have never known her had two women ...