“Hope is the Thing with Feathers”
2 min readMay 2, 2022
Because sometimes, that’s all we ever have…
In my undergraduate days at Oberlin College, and my study of English and Comparative Literature, I was always so fascinated by Emily Dickinson.
She was always mysterious, an enigma, and often very misunderstood.
Let’s just say: I can relate.
Also, someone I later dated had a direct ancestral lineage to Emily Dickinson and we once toured her house in Amherst together and it was wonderful.