Found in Dickinson's Corner Bedroom
Her writing desk--her
Dresser--her Franklin stove--that
Wound-down carriage
Clock. Her decanter--
Ruby glass--her narrow bed.
Three prints on four walls--
Carlyle, Eliot,
Mrs. Barrett Browning (like
her, Elizabeth).
Sewing notions--pins,
Scissors--scraps of tulle, silk--left-
Over letters in
Copperplate script--some
1700 poems
Bound into bundles
Stitched by hand--each spine
Immaculately fused--each
Dash she's thrown herself.
(Photo by D. Vandel, linked above)
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