Academy of American Poets xmas shopping ad:
These plush, bedside companions are ideal for display on a bookshelf (next to either poet's Complete Poems, for example) and are equally suited for cuddling.
Cozy up with one of the poets' books, along with your own plush version of Dickinson or Shakespeare. Dressed in a white dress, bloomers, and black felt collar, the Dickinson doll is designed to be a portable effigy of the belle of Amherst. Shakespeare comes outfitted in a ruffled shirt, black boots, purple velvet vest, and tights.
These collectible dolls are great gifts for an advanced reader of poetry, or for a young poet just learning to appreciate literature. Adopt a miniature Dickinson/Shakespeare now—the perfect addition to any literary household.
Size: 11 inches tall. Plush, cloth. Recommended for ages 5 & up.
$17.95 each | Order Now
If you are flush and would like a baby doll
Think literary! Think plush dolls!
You can sleep with Shakespeare
or young Emily Dickinson
Speak their poetry to them
(as they are mute as tombs)
and hold them in places graves don't allow
Be the first bard to take to bed
two posthumous heroes of our literary past
If you will never be dolled up enough
Rely upon others to let you hold poetic license
in your"craft and sullen art"/in bed
where sonnets and free verse mingle together
and spawn sweet profits for contemporary Academies...
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