Emily Dickinson

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She wrote the immortal "Because I could not stop for Death--He kindly stopped for me" Emily Dickinson DD $2,000 DJ HELP A POET OUT 2026-03-13 #40
The "Envelope Poems" of this 19th century New Englander are named for what she scribbled on Emily Dickinson $200 J POETIC WOMEN 2024-12-19 #9229
10 of her 1,800 poems were published in her lifetime; one was "These Are the Days When Birds Come Back--" Dickinson $1,200 DJ AVIAN POETRY 2024-10-01 #9172
"Some, Too Fragile for the Winter Winds" is a poem from this "Belle of Amherst" Dickinson $800 DJ AMERICAN POETS 2024-06-14 #9125
Iam the "I" in "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain", & what do you mean I'm obsessed with death? Dickinson $1,200 DJ IAMB A POET 2024-03-25 #9066
"That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet", says her poem No. 1741 Emily Dickinson $1,600 DJ POETRY 2022-02-02 #8568
Playing this title character in "Wild Nights with Emily", Molly Shannon recites "I Can Wade Grief" Dickinson $400 DJ POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES 2021-12-31 #8545
Hailee Steinfeld plays this 19th century poet in an Apple TV+ series with lots of 21st century touches Emily Dickinson $200 J POET-POURRI 2020-03-10 #8177
This Belle of Amherst wrote, "I'll tell you how the sun rose--a ribbon at a time" (Emily) Dickinson $600 J POETS & POETRY 2019-11-04 #8086
The epitaph on this poet's grave marker in Amherst, Massachusetts simply says, "Called Back" (Emily) Dickinson $800 DJ POETS & POETRY 2018-06-22 #7790
She began a poem, "Because I could not stop for Death--he kindly stopped for me" Emily Dickinson $400 DJ WOMEN POETS 2018-04-06 #7735
She began a poem, "I felt a funeral, in my brain, and mourners to and fro" Emily Dickinson $400 DJ WOMEN POETS 2017-01-10 #7442
In 1890 she was 4 years dead / & her 1st book of poems was read / It was a big hit & such / For a lady who did not get out much (Emily) Dickinson $200 J BAD POETRY ABOUT POETS 2015-02-06 #7000
Her poem No. 288 asks, "I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you--Nobody--too?" Emily Dickinson DD $6,200 DJ POETS & POETRY 2014-07-29 #6892
This American's earliest poem, "Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine", dates to Valentine week 1850 Emily Dickinson $1,600 DJ POETIC WOMEN 2014-06-10 #6857
"Idwell in possibility, a fairer house than prose" begins one ofherpoems Emily Dickinson $400 DJ POETIC LICENSE 2014-01-21 #6757
Upon this woman's death in 1886, her sister Lavinia found nearly 1,000 poems hidden away in her bureau Emily Dickinson $400 J AMERICAN POETS 2011-12-12 #6266
Born & died in Amherst:ED Emily Dickinson $400 DJ POETS' MONOGRAMS 2011-02-04 #6080
"I taste a liquor never brewed--/ From tankards scooped in Pearl--/ Not all the vats on the Rhine / Yield such an alcohol" (Emily) Dickinson $1,200 DJ NAME THE POET 2010-03-25 #5884
A 19th c. shut-in / We really don't mean to butt in / Her "A Route of Evanescence" / Would've thrilled Donald Pleasence Emily Dickinson $1,000 J ROTTEN POETRY ABOUT GOOD POETS 2009-02-04 #5623
A literary scholar who visited her in Amherst in 1870 described her as plain & having a soft, frightened, childlike voice Emily Dickinson $1,200 DJ AMERICAN POETS & POETRY 2007-07-12 #5274
"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words" Emily Dickinson $2,000 DJ NAME THE POET 2007-02-19 #5171
Not often thought of as wild, she wrote, "Wild nights! Were I with thee, wild nights should be our luxury!" Emily Dickinson $800 J THE POETRY OF LOVE 2006-10-27 #5090
Only 7 of her poems were published during her lifetime--5 in the Springfield Republican Emily Dickinson $800 DJ WOMEN POETS 2006-01-10 #4912
How sad for this poet that she "felt a funeral in my brain, and mourners to and fro" Emily Dickinson $1,200 DJ POETS & POETRY 2003-11-13 #4414
Auntie named her cat Emily, after this poet who died in 1886 Emily Dickinson $200 J MY AUNTIE THE POET 2003-09-23 #4377
Almost all of the poetry of this "New England Mystic" was first published after her death in 1886 Emily Dickinson $400 DJ POETS & POETRY 2003-05-30 #4330
"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for" this poet on May 15, 1886 Emily Dickinson $200 J POET-POURRI 2003-04-18 #4300
"The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality" is a famous line from a poem by this woman Emily Dickinson $1,000 DJ POETS & POETRY 2001-05-02 #3848
Only 7 of her 1,775 poems were published during her lifetime Emily Dickinson $200 DJ FEMALE POETS 2000-06-20 #3652
In 1890, 4 years after her death, the first volume of this "Amherst Nun's" poetry was published Emily Dickinson $200 J AMERICAN POETRY 1999-09-21 #3457
Her Poem No. 1333 tells us: "A little madness in the spring is wholesome even for the king" Emily Dickinson $500 J HOW POETIC 1998-06-02 #3182
Odd thing, but she "heard a fly buzz when" she "died" & "felt a funeral in" her "brain" Emily Dickinson $400 DJ POETS & POETRY 1997-09-11 #2994
After she died in 1886, her sister Lavinia discovered hundreds of her poems in little handsewn booklets Emily Dickinson DD $1,000 DJ POETS & POETRY 1997-05-13 #2937
She wrote "Some keep the sabbath going to church--I keep it, staying at home--" Emily Dickinson $600 DJ POETRY 1997-02-13 #2874
Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables" Emily Dickinson $800 DJ POETS 1996-12-06 #2825
Her father, Edward, was treasurer of Amherst College 1835-1873, & also served in Congress (Emily) Dickinson $200 DJ POETS 1996-03-11 #2661
This "Belle of Amherst" dressed in white in her later years Dickinson $400 DJ WOMEN POETS 1995-12-19 #2602
"I never spoke with God nor visited In Heaven" is from her poem "I Never Saw a Moor" Dickinson $800 DJ POETS & POETRY 1995-04-21 #2460
In 1847 & 1848 she attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Massachusetts (Emily) Dickinson DD $1,000 DJ POETS 1995-02-10 #2410
The grandfather of this epigrammatic poet was one of the founders of Amherst College Emily Dickinson $800 DJ POETS 1995-01-03 #2382
A chapter in "The House of Seven Gables" may have influenced her "I heard a fly buzz-when I died" Emily Dickinson $600 DJ WOMEN POETS 1994-12-01 #2359
She wrote, "I never saw a moor—I never saw the sea" Emily Dickinson $400 DJ POETRY 1994-09-29 #2314
After her death in 1886, this poet's sister Lavinia found her poems & had them published Emily Dickinson $800 DJ POETS 1994-04-13 #2223
Her poem number 280 begins, "I felt a funeral, in my brain, and mourners to and fro" Dickinson $800 DJ POETRY 1994-03-09 #2198
Because of her seclusion, she was called "The Nun of Amherst" Emily Dickinson $400 DJ POETRY 1994-02-16 #2183
The woman with the most quotes in the new edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is this American Emily Dickinson FJ POETRY 1993-05-21 #2020
In poem No. 712 she wrote, "Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me" Emily Dickinson $600 DJ POETS & POETRY 1992-12-30 #1918
Her poem "I Heard a Fly Buzz" was a take-off from a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables" Emily Dickinson $800 DJ POETRY 1992-02-24 #1731
She called bees "buccaneers of buzz" in her poem No. 1405 Emily Dickinson DD $600 J POETS & POETRY 1991-11-18 #1661
This poet's father was treasurer of Amherst College & later a U.S. Congressman Emily Dickinson $800 DJ POETS & POETRY 1991-10-23 #1643
Poetess who wrote "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you--nobody--too?" (Emily) Dickinson DD $1,000 DJ POETS & POETRY 1991-03-29 #1525
This reclusive poet may have been in love with Samuel Bowles, an editor of the Springfield Republican Emily Dickinson $600 DJ WOMEN POETS 1990-12-03 #1441
This Massachusetts poetess asked, "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you--nobody--too?" Emily Dickinson $800 DJ NAME THE POET 1988-11-29 #977
American poetess who wrote "I heard a fly buzz--when I died" Emily Dickinson $1,000 DJ POETRY 1987-10-05 #706
Because she "could not stop for death", death "kindly stopped for" her, in 1886 Emily Dickinson $800 DJ AMERICAN POETRY 1987-09-08 #687
The 1st volume of this American poet's workswas published in 1890, 4 years after her death Emily Dickinson $600 DJ POETRY 1986-10-20 #486
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