Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinsonwas an American poet. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts. Although part of a prominent family with strong ties to its community, Dickinson lived much of her life highly introverted. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a noted penchant for white clothing and became known for her reluctance to...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth10 December 1830
CityAmherst, MA
Hope is a thing with feathers
Bring me the sunset in a cup.
I have an appetite for silence.
The Soul selects her own Society.
A Word that Breathes Distinctly Has not the Power to Die
I hope your rambles have been sweet, and your reveries spacious
Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Were I with thee Wild Nights should be Our luxury! Futile – the winds – To a heart in port – Done with the compass – Done with the chart! Rowing in Eden – Ah, the sea! Might I moor – Tonight – In thee!
If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
PHOSPHORESCENCE. Now there's a word to lift your hat to... to find that phosphorescence, that light within, that's the genius behind poetry.
If I can stop one heart from breaking…” Emily Dickinson If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.
Forever is composed of nows.
I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.
A wounded deer leaps the highest.
The brain is wider than the sky.