Hope Is The Thing With Feathers

Words by Emily Dickinson / Music By Nicky Coates

Hope is the thing with Feathers

✏️ Emily Dickinson (1830 – 1886) was an American poet. Hope is the thing with feathers first appeared in Fascicle 13 (a bound collection of Dickinson’s handwritten poetry), which Dickinson compiled around 1861.

✏️ Nicky Coates is a singer song writer occasionally posting on Facebook and Youtube, with an album on Spotify (plus a new one later this year).


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📧 If you’re interested in sharing a little hope between 5th March and 17th April 2025, get in touch (abrokenpastor@gmail.com) with your contribution. It can be an article, blog post, artwork, poem, song, photo… there are no rules others than it be your original work and offers a little bit of hope.


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