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

30 March 2026

I learned—at least—what Home could be—

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I learned—at least—what Home could be— How ignorant I had been Of pretty ways of Covenant— How awkward at the Hymn Round our new Fireside—bu...
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24 March 2026

A Coffin — is a small Domain

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A Coffin — is a small Domain, Yet able to contain A Citizen of Paradise In it diminished Plane. A Grave — is a restricted Breadth — Yet ampl...
23 March 2026

Such is the Force of Happiness—

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Such is the Force of Happiness— The Least—can lift a Ton Assisted by its stimulus— Who Misery—sustain— No Sinew can afford— The Cargo of The...
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19 March 2026

'Twould ease — a Butterfly —

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'Twould ease — a Butterfly — Elate — a Bee — Thou'rt neither — Neither — thy capacity — But, Blossom, were I, I would rather be Thy ...
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17 March 2026

Severer Service of myself

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Severer Service of myself I—hastened to demand To fill the awful Vacuum Your life had left behind— I worried Nature with my Wheels When Hers...
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12 March 2026

Bereaved of all, I went abroad —

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Bereaved of all, I went abroad — No less bereaved was I Upon a New Peninsula — The Grave preceded me — Obtained my Lodgings, ere myself — An...
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09 March 2026

There is an arid Pleasure—

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There is an arid Pleasure— As different from Joy— As Frost is different from Dew— Like element—are they— Yet one—rejoices Flowers— And one—t...
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07 March 2026

To wait an Hour—is long—

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To wait an Hour—is long— If Love be just beyond— To wait Eternity—is short— If Love reward the end—    Fr884, J781, fascicle 39, 1864 The ba...
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04 March 2026

A South Wind — has a pathos

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A South Wind — has a pathos Of individual Voice — As One detect on Landings An Emigrant's address. A Hint of Ports and Peoples — And muc...
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01 March 2026

The Truth—is stirless—

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The Truth—is stirless— Other force—may be presumed to move— This—then—is best for confidence— When oldest Cedars swerve— And Oaks untwist th...
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24 February 2026

I meant to find her when I came;

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I meant to find her when I came; Death had the same design; But the success was his, it seems, And the discomfit mine. I meant to tell her h...
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23 February 2026

The Service without Hope—

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The Service without Hope— Is tenderest, I think— Because 'tis unsustained By stint—Rewarded Work— Has impetus of Gain— And impetus of Go...
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20 February 2026

This that would greet—an hour ago—

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This that would greet—an hour ago— Is quaintest Distance—now— Had it a Guest from Paradise— Nor glow, would it, nor bow— Had it a notice fro...
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17 February 2026

Least Bee that brew—

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Least Bee that brew— A Honey's Weight Content Her smallest fraction help The Amber Quantity—     -Fr878, J676, fascicle 39, 1864 This po...
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15 February 2026

The Loneliness One dare not sound—

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The Loneliness One dare not sound— And would as soon surmise As in its Grave go plumbing To ascertain the size— The Loneliness whose worst a...
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