Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry.

Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massachusetts into a prominent family with strong ties to its community. After studying at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she briefly attended the Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst.

Evidence suggests that Dickinson lived much of her life in isolation. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a penchant for white clothing and was known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, to even leave her bedroom. Dickinson never married, and most friendships between her and others depended entirely upon correspondence.

While Dickinson was a prolific writer, her only publications during her lifetime were 10 of her nearly 1,800 poems, and one letter. The poems published then were usually edited significantly to fit conventional poetic rules. Her poems were unique for her era. They contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends, and also explore aesthetics, society, nature and spirituality.

Although Dickinson's acquaintances were most likely aware of her writing, it was not until after her death in 1886—when Lavinia, Dickinson's younger sister, discovered her cache of poems—that her work became public. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1890 by personal acquaintances Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Mabel Loomis Todd, though both heavily edited the content. A 1998 New York Times article revealed that of the many edits made to Dickinson's work, the name "Susan" was often deliberately removed. At least eleven of Dickinson's poems were dedicated to sister-in-law Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, though all the dedications were obliterated, presumably by Todd. A complete, and mostly unaltered, collection of her poetry became available for the first time when scholar Thomas H. Johnson published The Poems of Emily Dickinson in 1955.

This poem was one of the first Dickinson poems that I read, and it has stuck with me for a long time. This cache is far more suitable for halloween than April, but it was such a nice sunny day when I placed it that even in a graveyard death seemed far away. This cache will take you to a small disused (except by waitsfield valley telecom) graveyard. Desipte its lack of, ummm, fresh, residents care has been taken in the fences and mowings.

Because I could not stop for Death - poem 712

Because I could not stop for Death —
He kindly stopped for me —
The Carriage held but just Ourselves —
And Immortality.

We slowly drove — He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility —

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess — in the Ring —
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain —
We passed the Setting Sun —

Or rather — He passed Us —
The Dews drew quivering and Chill —
For only Gossamer, my Gown —
My Tippet — only Tulle —

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground —
The Roof was scarcely visible —
The Cornice — in the Ground —

Since then — 'tis Centuries — and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity —

You will need the following information to solve for N44 20.ABC, W073 09.DEF:

1. There is a very broken grave here that is almost impossible to read. Videto it says. This person died on a specific day that also matches their decade of death and the ones place of their age in years. Let this be A
2. A woman, sharing the last name of many here, whose name means waiting. Subtract the second number of the year from the day of her death. Let this be B
3. Lopienda, what a name!, was married to a man named for a country. How many Rs in his whole name? Let this be C
4. The man with the long, old fasioned name beginning with zed died on a specific day in august. Subtract the larger from the smaller. Let this be D
5. A woman, wife of a man both began with the same letter as their place in the coordinates. Subtract his from hers. Let this be E
6. The son of the waiting woman lies here... Use the numeric form for his month of death. Let this be F

Watch the barb wire... you don't need to cross it, but you do need to go near it. The listed coordinates are good for parking. There is room for one car. Might be impassable in winter, use good judgement. Cache itself is winter friendly, I just wanted to make all the attributes negative to fit with the theme of the cache. Some of the stones might be hard to read in winter, but I specifically avoided any lying flat on the ground.

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