Emily Dickinson an American Muse of the Past

Dear Readers,
My interest in Emily Dickinson goes back to when, I was about ten years old and my mother bought me a book of Dickinson's poems. I was a voracious reader and eagerly read the book. I remember being interested in her life, specifically, that she was a recluse but I didn't understand her poetry. As an adult, I have had a second chance to read and actually understand Dickinson's poems through the guidance of my teachers. I find Dickinson's poems to be mysterious and very abstract. Some of them, like "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" are pretty straight forward but others like "My Life Stood-a Loaded Gun" have layers of meaning having to do with her life and there is a religious allusion thrown in as well. Readers, I have posted the poems, "Little Green Snake" and "Death Stood Over My Bed", which were inspired by Dickinson's poetry on this blogsite.