Emily Dickinson Poems

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born on December 10th, 1830 in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. She was an American lyric poet who lived in seclusion and commanded a singular brilliance of style and integrity of vision.

Little known during her life, Emily Dickinson has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Her works were greatly influenced by William Blake, Robert Browning and Ralph Waldo Emerson. She died on the 15th of May, 1886.

Below, you will find a collection of famous poems by Emily Dickinson.

Popular Emily Dickinson Poems

1. A lane of Yellow led the eye (1650)
2. I tie my Hat—I crease my Shawl (443)
3. I like to see it lap the Miles (43)
4. I measure every Grief I meet (561)
5. Knows how to forget! (433)
6. The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman (1487)
7. Besides the Autumn poets sing (131)
8. A Man may make a Remark (952)
9. Safe in their Alabaster Chambers (216)
10. One Sister have I in our house (14)
11. Color – Caste – Denomination – (970)
12. The Outlet (162)
13. The Soul selects her own Society
14. It sifts from Leaden Sieves
15. I heard a Fly buzz
16. I could suffice for Him, I knew
17. I taste a liquor never brewed
18. A Day
19. I’m Nobody! Who are you?
20. Like Brooms of Steel
21. A Bird came down the Walk
22. I cannot live with You
23. Wild Nights—Wild Nights!
24. It’s all I have to bring today
25. My life closed twice before its close
26. The Soul has Bandaged moments
27. I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
28. Dear March – Come in – (1320)
29. We never know how high we are
30. If I should die
31. Fame is a fickle food
32. There’s a certain Slant of light (258)
33. There is no frigate like a book
34. The Soul unto itself
35. To make a prairie (1755)
36. Hope is the thing with feathers
37. Come Slowly—Eden (211)
38. Because I could not stop for Death (479)
39. XLV (Before the ice is in the pools)
40. A Drop fell on the Apple Tree (794)