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Andi Holland

@andiholland.bsky.social

“If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.” #illustration #art #emilydickinson #cover

November 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM

Ryan Morris-Weberling

@earthlyhours.com

How does this phantom survive in the dark?

#poetry #mycology #emilydickinson #ghostpipe

Week 41: Ghost Pipe (Emily Dickinson, Merlin Sheldrake)

How does this phantom survive in the dark?

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October 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM

Cocosse

@cocosse.bsky.social

"One need not be a chamber to be haunted,
One need not be a house;
The brain has corridors surpassing
Material place."

One need not be a Chamber to be Haunted | Emily Dickinson, 1830 – 1886 #halloween #emilydickinson #poems
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October 31, 2026 at 5:02 PM

New Girl Dark

@newgirldark.bsky.social

Eternal Silence
Death knocks without sound
White flowers sleep beneath the frost
Time forgets our names
#EmilyDickinson #DarkHaiku #Mortality

October 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM

New Girl Dark

@newgirldark.bsky.social

“Because I could not stop for Death”
Death came softly, dressed in grace,
and took me to a timeless place.
Past fields and shadows, still and deep,
we rode where mortal hours sleep.
#EmilyDickinson #DeathAndPoetry #ClassicLiterature

October 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM

Carolleisa

@carolleisa.bsky.social

Under the roof #EmilyDickinson
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This Poem Will Hit You Where You Live (Gift Article)

Emily Dickinson makes 50 words contain endless possibilities.

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October 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM

praying mantis

@gentlem.bsky.social

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#EmilyDickinson
published in @theatlantic.com
November 1935

If I Should Be A Queen
by Emily Dickinson
I’m saying every day
‘If I should be a Queen to-morrow
I’d do this way,’ —
And so I deck a little
If it be I wake a Bourbon
None on me bend supercilious
With ‘This was she
Begged in the market place
Yesterday.’
Court is a stately place
I’ve heard men say,
So I loop my apron against the majesty
With bright pins of buttercup —
That not too plain
Rank overtake me —
And perch my tongue
On twigs of singing, rather high,
But this might be my brief term
To qualify, —
Put from my simple speech
All plain word,
Take other accents
As such I heard —
Though but for the cricket, just,
And but for the bee
Not in all the meadow
One accost me.
Better be ready
Than did next morn
Meet me in Arragon
My old gown on,
And the surprised air
Rustics wear
Summoned unexpectedly
To Exeter.
from: The Atlantic, original November 1935 publication

October 27, 2026 at 6:27 PM

Kyle Bravo

@kylebravo.bsky.social

New post on Substack. Link in bio.
#gagcartoon #surrealism #emilydickinson #cartooning #poetry

October 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM

iolanthe

@iolantherosa.bsky.social

A real barnstormer of an analysis of this poem by #EmilyDickinson in today's NYTimes.

This Emily Dickinson Poem Will Hit You Where You Live (Gift Article)

Emily Dickinson makes 50 words contain endless possibilities.

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October 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM

Kate Duvall

@kateduvall.bsky.social

Good Poems compiled by Garrison Keillor!

#vintage #paperback #poetry #book #GoodPoems #GarrisonKeillor #OOP #literature #literary #anthology #ReadingNook #ReadingTheWord #Shakespeare #Yeats #EmilyDickinson #NPR #FreeShipping @2Fun4Words

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October 20, 2026 at 2:30 PM

Amanda Joy

@ajevans21.bsky.social

Emily Dickinson, 1862 🌖

#poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson

October 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM

Amanda Joy

@ajevans21.bsky.social

Emily Dickinson, 1865 🌊

#poetry #poem #EmilyDickinson

October 17, 2026 at 3:37 AM

Top Tier Quotes

@toptierquotes.bsky.social

“Forever – is composed of Nows –”
Emily Dickinson, Fr 690 / J 624
Portrait: unknown, c.1848 (PD), Wikimedia Commons.

#TopTierQuotes #EmilyDickinson #Poetry #Literature #Reflection #Mindfulness #Time #Eternity #Wisdom #ClassicPoetry #Presence #Books #Contemplation #AmericanPoetry

Navy Top Tier Quotes card with a circular monochrome historical daguerreotype of Emily Dickinson. Ivory text reads: “Forever – is composed of Nows –”. Below: EMILY DICKINSON; Poem Fr 690 / J 624 · opening line. LEADERS & HISTORY appears at the top and Top Tier Quotes at the bottom.

October 16, 2026 at 5:23 PM

Dirty Works

@dirtyworks.bsky.social

¡Qué fastidio — ser — alguien!
¡Qué impudicia — lo mismo que una rana —
Decir tu nombre — todo el santo junio —
A un pantano pasmado!

EMILY DICKINSON

❤💥

#dirtyworkseditorial #emilydickinson #jefatura #nadie #bookstagramers

October 14, 2026 at 11:21 AM