Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson

POET SPOTLIGHT:

“Wild nights - Wild nights!” By Emily Dickinson Wild nights - Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile - the winds - To a Heart in port - Done with the Compass - Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden - Ah - the Sea! Might I but moor - tonight - In thee!

“Tell all the truth but tell it slant” By Emily Dickinson Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success in Circuit lies Too bright for our infirm Delight The Truth's superb surprise As Lightning to the Children eased With explanation kind The Truth must dazzle gradually Or every man be blind —

“Success is counted sweetest” By Emily Dickinson Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. Not one of all the purple Host Who took the Flag today Can tell the definition So clear of victory As he defeated – dying – On whose forbidden ear The distant strains of triumph Burst agonized and clear!

Emily Dickinson was an American poet who lived from 1830 to 1886. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts and attended both Mount Holyoke Female Seminary and Amherst (which her grandfather founded). However, Dickinson was sick for most of her life, and later left school due to health problems and returned home. Dickinson lived the rest of her life in her family home, spending most of her time alone in her bedroom. During her life, little was known about her literary talent, but after her death, her sister found her 1,800 poems. A family friend helped type and posthumously publish her poems, and Dickinson is now regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.