Emily's Corner - Amherst, MA
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Emily's Corner is a painted utility box that is a tribute to poet Emily Dickinson. It is located on the corner of Dickinson and Main Streets across from the lifelong home of Emily Dickinson.
Waymark Code: WMZP7B
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2018
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Emily's Corner is the first decorated utility box created in Amherst, MA. It was commissioned in 2013 by local local business Stakeholders Capital, with support from several other businesses.
It is painted on the front and back by artist Ezzell Floranina with a vining plant and the words Emily’s Corner in yellow script along with a line from the poem by Emily Dickinson: Nature Poem IX - April ... a flower expected everywhere ... Emily.
Nature
Poem IX
APRIL
An altered look about the hills;
A Tyrian light the village fills;
A wider sunrise in the dawn;
A deeper twilight on the lawn;
A print of a vermilion foot;
A purple finger on the slope;
A flippant fly upon the pane;
A spider at his trade again;
An added strut in chanticleer;
A flower expected everywhere;
An axe shrill singing in the woods;
Fern-odors on untravelled roads;
All this, and more I cannot tell;
A furtive look you know as well;
And Nicodemus' mystery;
Receives its annual reply.
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Emily Dickinson who was born (December 10, 1830), lived, wrote her poetry, died (May 15, 1886) and is buried in Amherst. She became a recluse, lived within the family homestead, and wrote a great deal of poetry, much of which was published posthumously. She is recognized as one of America's greatest poets.