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title: "3 Dickinson Poetry Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [I was in Paris at an English-language bookstore. I picked up a volume of Dickinson's poetry. I came back to my hotel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-getty/i-was-in-paris-at-an-english-language-bookstore-i-picked-up-a-volume/)

[Gordon Getty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-getty/)

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> [I have been in love with Emily Dickinson's poetry since I was 13, and, like an anonymous post on findagrave.com says, 'Dear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-oyeyemi/i-have-been-in-love-with-emily-dickinson-s-poetry-since-i-was-13-and/)

[Helen Oyeyemi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-oyeyemi/)

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> [The puzzle and conundrums of Emily Dickinson's poetry or The Cantos, by Ezra Pound, is infinitely pleasurable. Or Ronald Johnson's Ark. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-waldman/the-puzzle-and-conundrums-of-emily-dickinson-s-poetry-or-the-cantos/)

[Anne Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-waldman/)

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