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Blogging all the poems of Emily Dickinson by Susan Kornfeld and Adam DeGraff

23 November 2025

I play at Riches—to appease

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I play at Riches—to appease The Clamoring for Gold— It kept me from a Thief, I think, For often, overbold With Want, and Opportunity— I coul...
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17 November 2025

Two—were immortal twice—

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Two—were immortal twice— The privilege of few— Eternity—obtained—in Time— Reversed Divinity— That our ignoble Eyes The quality conceive Of P...
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01 November 2025

Despair’s advantage is achieved

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Despair’s advantage is achieved By suffering - Despair - To be assisted of Reverse One must Reverse have bore - The Worthiness of Suffering ...
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25 October 2025

She staked Her Feathers - Gained an Arc -

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She staked Her Feathers - Gained an Arc - Debated - Rose again - This time - beyond the estimate Of Envy, or of Men - And now, among Circumf...
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22 October 2025

It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone

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It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone Enclosed ’twas not of Rail A Consciousness it’s Acre, and It held a Human Soul - Entombed by whom, for wha...
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18 October 2025

“I want” - it pleaded - All it’s life -

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"I want"—it pleaded—All its life— I want—was chief it said When Skill entreated it—the last— And when so newly dead— I could not d...
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16 October 2025

Defrauded I a Butterfly -

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Defrauded I a Butterfly - The lawful Heir - for Thee -      -Fr850, J730, Fascicle 38, 1864 When I visited Emily Dickinson's home in Amh...
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12 October 2025

By my Window have I for Scenery

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By my Window have I for Scenery Just a Sea — with a Stem — If the Bird and the Farmer — deem it a "Pine" — The Opinion will serve ...
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