Poetry, like most art, is subjective, and people’s tastes run as wide as the collections on offer. Whether young or old, well ...

The name was Emily Dickinson. Inclosed with the letter were four poems, two of which have been already printed,--"Safe in their alabaster chambers" and "I'll tell you how the sun rose," together ...

Published posthumously in 1890, “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” is arguably one of Emily Dickinson’s most celebrated and most famous poems. In it, the speaker takes a carriage ride with ...

No literary pilgrimage to Massachusetts can be complete without a visit to the Amherst home of one of the most important ...

Although Emily Dickinson's poetry wasn't appreciated until after her death in 1886, her baking skills were much appreciated ...

Wild Chase;” “Dreams of Love” — whereas Chopin avoided titles. Thomas Wentworth Higginson wished titles on Emily Dickinson’s ...

By comparison, Emily Dickinson’s known epistolary output ... the commonalities between Darwin the scientist and Dickinson the poet go deeper than circumstantial biographical parallels.

Swampscott Conservancy Next month is National Poetry Month — 30 days to celebrate poets and poetry! New England has had its share of famed poets — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Edna St. Vincent Millay, ...