Emily Dickinson
1830 - 1886• American• Romantic
2 poems
Why readers come to this poet
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet known for compact, inventive verse about nature, death, and inner life.
Biography
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) was an American poet known for compact, inventive verse about nature, death, and inner life.
Poems by Emily Dickinson
Greenhouse After Midnight
The glass has gathered every breath
the sleeping leaves released.
On the tiled floor, a pale root
holds its patient course.
No flower opens for the hour,
no moth declares a name;
yet in the dark, the...
The Bell Below the Tide
At low tide, the bell beneath the pier
speaks once, though no hand is near.
The mud receives its darkening sound;
crabs make small doors in the ground.
I have brought my questions here,
where salt ma...
Quick Facts
Born:1830
Died:1886
Nationality:American
Era:Romantic
Total Poems:2