Thursday, February 21, 2008

Hope



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.

-Emily Dickinson

7 comments:

Fernando said...

You mean it's not doing a lobbyist favors so they will take their clothes off?

Someone had better tell walnuts...

Human said...

A quick heads up. They are setting up Obama for a hit. Story at my place.

Mary said...

I think I'm a cynic at heart but I prefer to hopeful and bury the cynic and so I never tire of hearing this.

John Good said...

What a fitting post title for this:

Chuck Buckley is back! =)

Sicily Sue said...

I love that poem. I am a poet at heart! Check out my two recent posts.... one is a short poem I wrote about waiting for the trial.

The other post has video's of some of the best Def Poetry EVER!

Peace out Ms Liberty!

QuakerDave said...

The Obama campaign will be contacting Ms. Dickinson for stealing his lines.

No, wait, check that.

The CLINTON campaign will be contacting Ms. Dickinson for stealing Mr. Obama's lines, because...

Oh, wev...

QuakerDave said...

And sorry to have been away for so long.