Topic: Emily Dickinson

Senior moments are a gift from God

I write this as I attend a course with the wonderful title of "Senior Moments." Many of us have used that phrase, "senior moment," as an excuse for...

The Belle of Amherst, or the Bride of Salem?

Emily Jumbo! Sweetest name, but I know a sweeter - Emily Jumbo Lord. Have I your approval?”. . This sentence is one of those contained in the 15...

Sacred rite of tending a garden

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Snakes Make Your Skin Crawl? Study Suggests Why

Print E-mail The poet Emily Dickinson greatly feared the "narrow fellow in the grass," writing that she "never met this fellow/Attended or...

Stacey May Fowles: The First Time

This week, The Afterword is pleased to present excerpts from the new anthology Finding The Words. All proceeds from the book go towards PEN...

Steven Heighton: Given to Inspiration

Brett Gundlock/National Post. . This week, The Afterword is pleased to present excerpts from the new anthology Finding The Words. All proceeds from...

Two Functions of a Dash

Interruption You can use a dash to denote a sudden twist in thought or a deviation from a sentence's main point. For example, Emily Dickinson, a famous poet, used dashes extensively.

Friendship everywhere

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost. " - Charles Caleb Colton For my friends birthday this weekend, we got her a calender for next year, on each of the months it had a ...