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An ink painting of Emily Dickinson, her hair down, framed in gold with a bouquet of flowers and skulls beneath her. She holds a quill in her right hand. More flowers are at the top, along with a banner reading "Emily Dickinson"

Art by Kristýna Monczková

Art by Kristýna Monczková

Inspired by Emily Dickinson, 2020

Instagram: @kristynamonczkova

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A black ink drawing of Emily Dickinson, in the style of her famous daguerreotype

Art by Linda Simionato

Art by Linda Simionato

Ink and paper, 2020

Instagram: @lindaillustrazioni and @lindasimionato23
Facebook: @linda.simionato23

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A series of dark etched lines against a white canvast

Art by Ileana Gonella

A set of canvases arranged in a 5 by 3 grid, each painted white and featuring tree-branch-like lines etched into the paint

A series of lines are etched into white paint on canvas, in an almost tree-branch like pattern

A white canvas with a tree-branch-like pattern etched into it

A series of dark etched lines against a white canvast

A series of dark etched lines on a white rectangular canvas

Herbarium Garden Shadows

Paint and canvas, Ileana Gonella, 2020

Instagram: @ilegonella

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A black and white drawing of Emily Dickinson in pen

Art by Rachel Paschke Thompson

Art by Rachel Paschke Thompson

Ink on paper, 2020

Instagram: @rachelpaschket

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A pencil sketch of Emily Dickinson on ruled paper, with the text of Emily's poem beginning "In this short life . that only lasts an hour" above

Art by Mary Pace

Art by Mary Pace

Pencil on paper, Inspired by Emily Dickinson poetry, 2020

Instagram: @marypace.jpg

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

Emilytober 2020 Gallery

We want to thank everyone who participated in #Emilytober this year! This gallery will continue to be updated through the month of October, 2020, as more pieces roll in. Enjoy browsing through this fantastic collection of Emily-inspired art!

A photo taken from the perspective of a cemetery in Bosnian, featuring rolling, misty hills on a thickly cloudy day; In the foreground is a seemingly endless expanse of field. The whole photo is in tones of deep yellows, greens and blacks.

Photography by Ivana Kovačević

Framing the opening stanza of Emily Dickinson's "It's all I have to bring today" (F17) is a beautiful watercolor illustration on an orange-toned background. Above the poem are an owl, a porcupine, and a chipmunk carrying different kinds of seeds, and to the right of the poem stanza is a little African American girl in a green dress with her hair pulled back in a green ribbon, carrying a pumpkin

Art by Olivia Coucci

Black ink on sepia toned paper, this is a drawing of Emily Dickinson posing with a knowing smirk, holding a mouse by the thumb and forefinger of her right hand and with an enormous, mohawked bird perched on her left forearm

Art by Melinda Narro

An ink painting of Emily Dickinson, her hair down, framed in gold with a bouquet of flowers and skulls beneath her. She holds a quill in her right hand. More flowers are at the top, along with a banner reading "Emily Dickinson"

Art by Kristýna Monczková

A black ink drawing of Emily Dickinson, in the style of her famous daguerreotype

Art by Linda Simionato

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A rendering in black ink of a mermaid, seated in a janitor's trolley, mopping a tiled floor as two eyes look on from a nearby wall

Art by Vasti Carrion

The mermaids in the basement came out to look at me

Ink, Vasti Carrion, 2020

Instagram: @un_poeme

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A poem on a pink background

Poems by ERH

A poem on a pink background — Inspired by poem F32, 'The morns are meeker than they were'

A poem on a pink background — Inspired by poem F1158, 'Best Witchcraft is Geometry'

Poems by ERH

Inspired by various Emily Dickinson poems

Instagram: @a_poets_perspective

Poem Text

October 1st
Emilytober Day 1

The morns are meeker than they were –
The daylight leaves in good time –
The cool breeze is our chauffer —
The leaves fall on a dime.
The fondness is familiar –
The Earth’s special redesign –
And as the world configures –
So too will I.

-E.R.H.

October 2nd
Emilytober Day 2

Best Witchcraft is geometry
From the outside looking in –
Are intangible possibilities of –
Both wickedness and greatness.

-E.R.H.

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the poet

The words 'Emilytober' and '#artober' sit above a marker drawing of a mushroom with a red cap with white polkadots and a smile on its stalk, with a little elf dressed like Santa Clause watering it and a small red heart beside them. Below are the words 'Day 3: The mushroom is the elf of plants'

Art by Brianna Lamb

A marker drawing of an orange maple leaf wearing a rainbow scarf around its stem, with the words Emilytober #Artober above it and the words Day 1: "The Maple wears a gayer scarf", below — Inspired by poem F32, 'The maple wears a gayer scarf –'

The words 'Emilytober' and '#artober' sit above a marker drawing of a mushroom with a red cap with white polkadots and a smile on its stalk, with a little elf dressed like Santa Clause watering it and a small red heart beside them. Below are the words 'Day 3: The mushroom is the elf of plants' — Inspired by poem F1350, 'The Mushroom is the Elf of Plants –'

A marker drawing of an open book, the pages of which are a blue sea with a brown ship sailing in it, with the words: Emilytober, #Artober, Day 5: "There is no frigate like a book", below — Inspired by poem F1286, 'There is no Frigate like a Book'

A marker and pencil drawing of a spider knitting and sitting in a spiderweb, in which reads the text 'Alterations and Repairs', with a small purple 'open' flag flying off of the edge of the web, all against a backdrop of a night sky. Beside is the text, 'Emilytober #artober Day 14: A spider sewed at night' — Inspired by poem F1163, 'A Spider sewed at Night'

Art by Brianna Lamb

Marker and pencil, Inspired by various Emily Dickinson poems, 2020

Instagram: @bri_the_librarian

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A pen and ink drawing of a brick arch looking into a garden, in which stands a solitary gold statue. In the foreground there are two bare trees and some greenery. Below is the text "One need not be a chamber - to be haunted, -Emily Dickinson"

Art by Jean Sanders

A pen and ink drawing of a small white boat by a yellow dock, the water in a vivid purple. Below there is text that reads "Where ships of purple gently toss, -Emily Dickinson" — Inspired by poem F296, 'Where ships of purple gently toss'

A pen and ink drawing of a martini with three olives on a counter, the background in a vivid indigo, with the text "Bring me the sunset in a cup -, - Emily Dickinson" below — Inspired by poem F140, 'Bring me the sunset in a cup –'

A pen and ink drawing of a brick arch looking into a garden, in which stands a solitary gold statue. In the foreground there are two bare trees and some greenery. Below is the text "One need not be a chamber - to be haunted, -Emily Dickinson" — Inspired by poem F407, 'One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted'

A pen and ink drawing of six bare dressmaker's dummies crowded together in a room with pink and blue walls, with the text "The Mermaids in the Basement Came out to look at me -, - Emily Dickinson" below — Inspired by poem F656, 'The Mermaids in the Basement Came out to look at me –'

A pen and ink drawing of three cows standing in a field of grass, looking at the camera. The leftmost cow is blue, the other two are pink and orange. Below is the text "Those cows smaller than a Bee -, -Emily Dickinson" — Inspired by F1393, 'Those Cattle smaller than a Bee'

A pen and ink drawing of several glasses beside two bottles of alcohol, with a vividly blue background. Below is the text "Buccaneers of Buzz - , - Emily Dickinson" — Inspired by poem F1426, 'Buccaneers of Buzz –'

Art by Jean Sanders

Pen and ink, Inspired by various Emily Dickinson poems, 2020

http://jean-sanders-illustration.com/
Instagram: @jeanbeans

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist