Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson Biography
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born at her family's homestead in Amherst, Massachusetts on December 10, 1830. The Dickinsons were a prominent, though not opulent, family. Emily Dickinson's paternal grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, had almost single-handedly founded the famed Amherst College. Emily's father Edward Dickinson married Emily... Continue reading Emily Dickinson Biography

If Nature smiles -- the Mother must
By Emily Dickinson If Nature smiles -- the Mother must I'm sure, at many a whim Of Her eccentric Family -- Is She so much to blame?... Continue reading If Nature smiles -- the Mother must

Nature -- the Gentlest Mother is
By Emily Dickinson Nature -- the Gentlest Mother is, Impatient of no Child -- The feeblest -- or the waywardest -- Her Admonition mild -- In Forest -- and the Hill -- By Traveller -- be heard -- Restraining Rampant Squirrel -- Or too impetuous... Continue reading Nature -- the Gentlest Mother is

I'm nobody! Who are you?
by Emily Dickinson I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there's a pair of us -- don't tell! They'd banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an... Continue reading I'm nobody! Who are you?

My Estate
"My friends are my estate." ~~ Emily Dickinson... Continue reading My Estate