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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

A five-panel comic in sharpie and watercolor, with the title "Autumn" over the top. The first panel is of a maple tree with a scarf tied around its trunk, a halo of light behind it, and the text "The Maples wears a gayer scarf,". The second panel shows a red gown, haloed in light, laying on top of a field of grass, with the text "The field a scarlet gown." below. The third panel is a drawing of Emily Dickinson, with the text "Lest I should be old-fashioned," above. The fourth panel is a closer drawing of ED, wearing a crown haloed by light, and the text "I'll put a trinket on." above. The last panel is Emily, in her crown, seated between the field and the maple tree. She is saying "We look gooooood".

Art by Grace Kinser

A five-panel comic in sharpie and watercolor, with the title "Autumn" over the top. The first panel is of a maple tree with a scarf tied around its trunk, a halo of light behind it, and the text "The Maples wears a gayer scarf,". The second panel shows a red gown, haloed in light, laying on top of a field of grass, with the text "The field a scarlet gown." below. The third panel is a drawing of Emily Dickinson, with the text "Lest I should be old-fashioned," above. The fourth panel is a closer drawing of ED, wearing a crown haloed by light, and the text "I'll put a trinket on." above. The last panel is Emily, in her crown, seated between the field and the maple tree. She is saying "We look gooooood". — Inspired by poem F32, 'The maple wears a gayer scarf –'

A watercolor painting of a series of circles overlapping horizontally in, from left to right, black ,brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and black again. A series of line-drawings of diamonds in the same colors are overlayed on top. — Inspired by poem F1158, 'Best Witchcraft is Geometry'

Art by Grace Kinser

Watercolor and sharpie, Inspired by various Emily Dickinson poems, 2020

Instagram: @grkinser

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist

A colorful collage - Emily is sitting inside a tulip from which many multicolored vinelike lines of color are sprouting

Art by Jennifer Black

A colorful collage - Emily is sitting inside a tulip from which many multicolored vinelike lines of color are sprouting — Inspired by poem F111, 'Artists wrestled here!'

A mixed media collage. A photo in black and white has the person photographed cut out of it. A hand with "L O N E" tattooed across the knuckles holds the photo, and flowers adorn it underneath. — Inspired by poem F407, 'One need not be a Chamber – to be Haunted'

A mixed media collage featuring a woman on the left and then a man encircled by yellow paper. The paper has this text along the edge: "whatever form of words this promise is given, he is not bound." — Inspired by poem F1402, 'His Heart was darker than the starless night'

A colorful mixed media collage featuring a vintage image of a woman holding a record, flowers, a page from what appears to be a heavily notated planner, and a Canadian stamp. — Inspired by poem F168, 'Ah, Necromancy Sweet!'

A mixed media collage utlizing colored paper, and a vintage image of two women labeled "Irene & Lillian" — Inspired by poem F1747, 'That Love is all there is Is all we know of Love,'

A collage featuring a woman in black and white, sitting on her ankles above the word "thought.". Above the woman, a cloud in grayscale emits a bright yellow lightning bolt. — Inspired by poem F796, 'The Lightning showed a Yellow Beak And then a livid Claw –'

A collage, pen, and watercolor image of Emily Dickinson in a blue dress looking at her reflection in a lake in a forest. The tree bark is comprised of manuscript pages, and monarch butterflies fly in the foreground. The text "I'm Nobody - Who are you?" is layered on top in cut-out letters. — Inspired by poem F260, 'I’m Nobody! Who are you?'

Art by Jennifer Black

Mixed media, Inspired by various Emily Dickinson poems, 2020

Instagram: @twicetoldstudio

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An image of Emily is collaged with music, text, a landscape of pine trees and gold edging to form wings behind her

Art by Nuala O’Connor

Poem F510 Upholsterer of the Pines – is He –

Mixed media, Nuala O’Connor, 2020

http://nualaoconnor.com/
Twitter: @NualaNiC

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A swirling collage of images of spiderwebs, lines from ED poem 'A spider sews at night', images of books, and pieces of lace and string form an intricate web

Art by Bascove

Emily Wore White: Dickinson’s A Spider Sewed at Night

Mixed media, Bascove, 2017

https://www.instagram.com/bascove/

Featured as part of Emilytober2020 with permission from the artist