“One day is there of the series / Termed Thanksgiving day” — Emily Dickinson

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“One need not be a chamber to be haunted” — Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson’s Handwritten Manuscript for “Because I could not stop for Death”

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From the Emily Dickinson Archive.

“I lost a world the other day” — Emily Dickinson

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“Tis so much joy!” — Emily Dickinson

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“Color — Caste — Denomination — ” — Emily Dickinson

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“The show is not the show” — Emily Dickinson

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“They shut me up in Prose–” — Emily Dickinson

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To be alive — is Power — (Emily Dickinson)

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“Unto my books so good to turn” — Emily Dickinson

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“Mine enemy is growing old” — Emily Dickinson

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“I lost a World the other day” — Emily Dickinson

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“I like a look of agony” — Emily Dickinson

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“I had not time to hate, because” — Emily Dickinson

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“Emily Dickinson” — Wendy Cope

“Emily Dickinson” by Wendy Cope:

Higgledy-piggledy
Emily Dickinson
Liked to use dashes
Instead of full stops.

Nowadays, faced with such
Idiosyncrasy,
Critics and editors
Send for the cops.

“What inn is this?” — Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson’s Cocoanut Cake Recipe

Emily Dickinson’s  recipe for cocoanut cake, via Tori Avey at the The History Kitchen. Avey’s post is great—she guides the reader through making the cake, includes photos of the process, and even pairs the recipe with an appropriate poem. And of course, she transcribes Dickinson’s scratchy notes:

Emily Dickinson’s Cocoanut Cake

1 cup cocoanut
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoonful soda
1 teaspoonful cream of tartar

This makes one half the rule–