Emily Dickinson (10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)

Sh*t be cray cray she was a good lady

I love Emily- she's amazing.

If you like Emily, try some of my poems..they too are dark!

A poetess of cool head, deep thought and profound faith.

does anybody know what the poem is called where theres a solider in it?

She is just so beautiful in simple words.... Her writing is so perfect!

I like this lady's poems so much... She is sure the best poet among women!

I think a lot of my writing comes out more subconscious and even though she isn't recent... she was the first poet I could relate with. I'm about to be 20 and the dark years of childhood, childhood, what ever little that was... was brought a little light from her way. I was then opened up to others like Ginsberg, Kerouac, Hemingway, Whitman, Carroll, Sexton, Corso, Poe, etc. I can't really think of any other form of expression that gets me and through everything I'm sure she'd feel the same if she were still alive.

Dickinson is the greatest of all American poets and, along with Shakespeare, among the greatest in the English language. Through her original, unconventional use of diction, rhyme, and punctuation, she transmits Morse code-like messages to the soul. Those with ears to hear, let them hear. Let the others continue condemning her poetry as incoherent babble. 'Much madness is divinest sense to a discerning eye.'

Possibly one of my favorite poets. She does write some weird or slightly dark poetry, but a lot of her poems say things in a way which is at once memorable, concise and curiously true. I'd love to write more like her.