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A Visit with Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886). A few months back I was able to visit Amherst, Mass., where Emily lived and wrote most of her amazing poetry. Only a handful of her poems were published during her lifetime, but she left behind hundreds for future generations to enjoy. Her first collection was published in 1890 …
Robert Frost in NH
Last week I visited the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, NH and enjoyed a lovely private tour of the two-story typical New England-style white clapboard farmhouse. First you go into the big barn where there is a lot of information and displays, and a video to watch, too. The property is a New Hampshire State Park, …
Frost in Fall
October by Robert Frost (from A Boy’s Will, 1915) O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all. The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow. …