Billy Kangas 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>Emily Dickinson reminds us:<\/p>\n
\u201cHope\u201d is the thing with feathers \u2013
\nThat perches in the soul \u2013
\nAnd sings the tune without the words \u2013
\nAnd never stops \u2013 at all \u2013<\/span><\/p>\nAnd sweetest \u2013 in the Gale \u2013 is heard \u2013
\nAnd sore must be the storm \u2013
\nThat could abash the little Bird
\nThat kept so many warm \u2013<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve heard it in the chillest land \u2013
\nAnd on the strangest Sea \u2013
\nYet \u2013 never \u2013 in Extremity,
\nIt asked a crumb \u2013 of me.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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