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Emily Dickinson
1830–1886
A fiercely original American poet, she transformed quiet rooms, gardens, grief, faith, and wonder into some of the most memorable lines in English. Though only a handful of her poems appeared in print while she was alive, her work later changed the course of American poetry.
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Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete
by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series One
by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson, Series Two
by Emily Dickinson
Poems by Emily Dickinson, Third Series
by Emily Dickinson
About the author
Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1830, Emily Dickinson spent most of her life close to home, yet her imagination ranged widely. She wrote nearly 1,800 poems, often in short, startling lines that explore death, love, nature, solitude, and spiritual doubt with unusual intensity.
During her lifetime, very little of her work was published, and what did appear was often altered to fit the conventions of the day. After her death in 1886, bundles of her poems were discovered and gradually brought into print, revealing a voice unlike any other in American literature.
Today, Dickinson is celebrated for her compressed language, unexpected imagery, and emotional precision. Her poems can feel intimate and mysterious at once, which is one reason they continue to speak so strongly to new readers.