Why do we turn to poetry? Ask a hundred people and you'll get a hundred answers. Still, the underlying thread of truth is ...

If hope was a thing with feathers, I needed to find mine in the storm. The first Emily Dickinson poem I remember reading was, “She sweeps with many-colored Brooms,” in my language arts textbook from ...

I now know, for good or bad, most if not all of Dickinson’s poems can be sung to the tune of a traditional American ballad, ...

Songwriter and theater composer Marcus Hummon has released his latest single, 'Letter To The World,' continuing his acclaimed ...

In the late 19th century, poet Emily Dickinson wrote: "Hope is the thing with feathers - / That perches in the soul - / And sings the tune without words - / And never stops - at all." Throughout ...

Considering Dickinson’s work, the themes of life and death are recurrent. “One thing I’ve enjoyed with casting ... and turns so her choices make more sense. I hope to parallel that relationship with ...

Clearly, he understood much more than I about Emily Dickinson and hope. Let’s just say, I have learned. About hope, that is. There are days when I hate it, too. Do you know that Dickinson poem? The ...