[New-Poetry] Mystery unearthed in poet's front yard

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Mystery unearthed in poet's front yard
By Adam Gorlick / Associated  Press
Article Launched:11/04/2006 12:00:00 AM MST
 

AMHERST, Mass. -- For Emily Dickinson, death was never very far from  the 
imagination. The topic fueled her writing, making for some of the most  memorable 
lyrics in American poetry.
Now, death is posinga puzzle for the  caretakers of her homestead.
 
While making improvements to the grounds of the Emily Dickinson Museum on  
Halloween, workers unearthed the gravestone of one of the poet's  relatives.
 
But what Gen. Thomas Gilbert's headstone was doing under 18 inches of dirt  
in Dickinson's front yard has some experts  stumped

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