Poetry Sunday: Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

I know I have featured this Emily Dickinson poem here before but it just seems especially appropriate at this moment. A new year filled with endless possibilities - surely a cause for hope.

Hope is the thing with feathers 

by Emily Dickinson

‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –

And sweetest – in the Gale – is heard –
And sore must be the storm –
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm –

I’ve heard it in the chillest land –
And on the strangest Sea –
Yet – never – in Extremity,
It asked a crumb – of me.

Comments

  1. The opening line is known around the world, yet I bet many don't know the name of the author. That's success! It is a wonderful piece of verse.

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    1. I particularly like the second stanza - "sore must be the storm that could abash the little bird that kept so many warm." Hope does indeed keep us warm and is the last thing to die.

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  2. Yes, I remember this poem and I remember loving the first verse so with its bird imagery. Thank you for sharing it again.

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    1. It's that first verse that really draws you in. Ah, to have Dickinson's way with words!

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  3. It's a poem worth reading (and sharing!) more than once. Great choice for this week. :D

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  4. I like it when a poem is featured more than once. And this is definitely a poem that is worthy of being re-shared.

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