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    Great American Poems – Repoemed: A New Look at Classic Poems of Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings,& Robert Frost
    Great American Poems – Repoemed: A New Look at Classic Poems of Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings,& Robert Frost
    Great American Poems – Repoemed: A New Look at Classic Poems of Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings,& Robert Frost
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    Great American Poems – Repoemed: A New Look at Classic Poems of Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings,& Robert Frost

    By Jim Asher

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    The Poetry of Emmett Lee Dickinson,
    Emily Dickinsons Third Cousin,
    Twice Removed (at her request)
    Cummings Around Again
    Parodies of some of Cummings
    Most Well-Known Poems
    Frost in Translation
    Classic Frost Poems
    Updated for the 21st Century
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateApr 20, 2012
    ISBN9781468561999
    Great American Poems – Repoemed: A New Look at Classic Poems of Emily Dickinson, E. E. Cummings,& Robert Frost

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      Great American Poems – Repoemed - Jim Asher

      © 2012 by Jim Asher. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 04/12/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-6200-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-6198-2 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-6199-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012904570

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only. Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      Emmett Lee Dickinson

      Poetry Of Emily & Emmett Lee Dickinson

      Cummings’ Around Again

      Frost In Translation

      About The Author

      Endnotes

      WHO WAS

      EMMETT LEE DICKINSON?

      V01_9781468561999_TEXT.pdf

      Above: The first publication

      of poetry by Emmett Lee Dickinson:

      Because I Could Not Stop For Debt

      Emmett Lee Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s third cousin, twice removed (at her request), was born on October 12, 1803, in Washerst (pronounced WAS-herst), Pennsylvania.

      Known as the Boor of Washerst, Emmett Lee was the thirteenth of thirteen children. His father, Emery Dickinson, was an ice delivery man in Washerst (and is thought to be the inspiration for a title of a Eugene O’Neill play). His mother, Emalee Incross, was a cosmetician at the Perish & Begone Funeral Parlor, owned by brothers Eberhard and Egan Perish and Caldwell Begone.

      The Dickinson family lived in the basement of the funeral parlor, and this is possibly one reason why Emmett Lee developed an intense fear of the light (heliophobia), became a recluse, and dressed almost exclusively in shades of black. His reclusiveness might also have been brought on by a sluggish liver and biliousness.

      Emmett Lee Dickinson was a prolific writer of poetry, and penned such classic poems as, After Formal Feedings, a great pain comes, Because I could not stop for Debt, and There’s a certain slant of Art. His poetry very likely motivated and inspired the work of his third cousin, Emily

      EARLY YEARS

      Almost two centuries before Emmett Lee Dickinson’s birth, the Dickinson family arrived in the New World. Half of the family prospered under Emily Dickinson’s paternal grandfather, Samuel Dickinson, a founder of Amherst College in Massachusetts. However, Emmett Lee Dickinson’s side of the family did not fare as well. Lemuel Dickinson, Emmett Lee’s paternal grandfather, struggled to make a living as a tinker, traveling from place to place mending pans, kettles, and other metal utensils.

      Emmett Lee’s father, Emery Dickinson, also moved from place to place and job to job as a young man. For most of Emmett Lee’s youth, though, Emery settled his family in Washerst, PA, where he worked as an ice delivery man. Emery’s brother Hobart owned a novelty shop in town, and he also managed an entertainment partnership with the famed ventriloquist Dooley Dawson (known to the citizens of Washerst as Doo-Daw Dawson) that provided clowns, magicians, and balloon artists to children’s parties. Hobart often contracted Emery to provide ice for the parties and other social events in Washerst, including Washerst’s annual summer festival, the Moss and Hornwort Jubilee.

      Emmett Lee’s mother, Emalee Incross, was a cosmetician at the Perish & Begone Funeral Parlor. Due to her relationship with the owners of the business, the Dickinson family was able to reside in the basement of the funeral parlor. In later years she contracted out her services to the various funeral parlors in the area under the name Curl Up and Dye.

      Life was not easy for the Dickinson family, and this was particularly true for young Emmett Lee. Since he was the youngest sibling, he wore the tattered clothes passed down from son to son to son to son. Since he was the smallest child, he sat at the end of the dining table and always got what was left of what was left. Emery Dickinson tried to save on the expenses associated with having a large family, so he would often provide left-over chipped ice from his work as the family’s mid-day meal. More often than not, though, the ice chips would melt before reaching young Emmett Lee, so his meal was frequently just a cold beverage.

      Life was not without adventure, though. Every summer, the Clemens family from Hannibal, Missouri would visit Washerst, and Jane Clemens would hire Qwerty Anne Dickinson, Emmett Lee’s oldest sister, to watch her son Samuel. As a result, Emmett Lee spent much time with young Samuel

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