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

04 August 2026

Of Tolling Bell I ask the cause?

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Of Tolling Bell I ask the cause? "A Soul has gone to Heaven" I'm answered in a lonesome tone— Is Heaven then a Prison? That Be...
03 August 2026

Our little Kinsmen—after Rain

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Our little Kinsmen—after Rain In plenty may be seen, A Pink and Pulpy multitude The tepid Ground upon. A needless life, it seemed to me Unti...
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20 July 2026

An Everywhere of Silver

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An Everywhere of Silver With Ropes of Sand To keep it from effacing The Track called Land.     -F931, J884, Sheet 15, 1865 Because of the ...
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18 July 2026

The Poets light but Lamps—

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The Poets light but Lamps— Themselves—go out— The Wicks they stimulate— If vital Light Inhere as do the Suns— Each Age a Lens Disseminating ...
16 July 2026

I've none to tell me to but Thee

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I've none to tell me to but Thee So when Thou failest, nobody. It was a little tie— It just held Two, nor those it held Since Somewhere ...
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13 July 2026

The Bird must sing to earn the Crumb

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The Bird must sing to earn the Crumb What merit have the Tune No Breakfast if it guaranty The Rose content may bloom To gain renown of Lady...
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12 July 2026

Each Second is the last

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Each Second is the last Perhaps, recalls the Man Just measuring unconsciousness The Sea and Spar between. To fail within a Chance — How terr...
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10 July 2026

I stepped from Plank to Plank

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I stepped from Plank to Plank A slow and cautious way The Stars about my Head I felt About my Feet the Sea. I knew not but the next Would be...
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