A forum for the exploration and celebration of the poetry of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886). We welcome any and all opinions or questions regarding this extraordinary figure who has been called a prophet, recluse, proto-feminist, madwoman, as well as the single most influential American poet.

Number 441:

This is my letter to the World
That never wrote to Me—
That simple News that nature told—
With tender Majesty

Her message is committed
To Hands I cannot see—
For love of Her—Sweet—countrymen—
Judge tenderly—of Me"

Emily Dickinson Web Resources:
The Emily Dickinson International Society: www.cwru.edu/affil/edis/edisindex.htm
The Dickinson Electronic Archives (highly recommended):www.emilydickinson.org/
Virtual Emily:www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~emilypg/index1.html
The Emily Dickinson Journal; www.colorado.edu/EDIS/journal/index.html