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It feels a shame to be Alive
Dickinson and the Civil War
Weds., October 16, 6:30pm ET

- An educator workshop using the Civil War to explore contemporary social movements...

Phosphorescence Contemporary Poetry Series
Thursday, October 17, 6pm ET

VIRTUAL PROGRAM - Phosphorescence October 2024 featured poets:
Stephanie Choi, Saba Keramati, and Samyak Shertok...

Reconstruction of The Evergreens Carriage House

On Tuesday, August 27, 2024 the Emily Dickinson Museum began the reconstruction of the Dickinson family Carriage House that once stood east of The Evergreens, the home of Emily Dickinson’s brother Austin and his wife Susan. The project flows from a recently-completed long range plan, which maps programmatic and capital enhancements over the next decade...

Image of Dickinson's room featuring her writing desk and white dress

Studio Sessions

Spend a “sweet hour” in Emily Dickinson’s creative space where she penned her startling poetry and honed her revolutionary voice...

I’ll tell you how the Sun rose (204)

I’ll tell you how the Sun rose –
A Ribbon at a time –
The Steeples swam in Amethyst –
The news, like Squirrels, ran –
The Hills untied their Bonnets –
The Bobolinks – begun –
Then I said softly to myself –
“That must have been the Sun”!
But how he set – I know not –
There seemed a purple stile
That little Yellow boys and girls
Were climbing all the while –
Till when they reached the other side –
A Dominie in Gray –
Put gently up the evening Bars –
And led the flock away –

Posted in Poems by Emily Dickinson.

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Research at the Museum can be useful not only to Dickinson scholars but also to researchers interested in nineteenth-century material culture, social and cultural trends, domestic life, architecture, and decorative arts.

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