Hear Elise Paschen read Emily Dickinson's "Hope Is the Thing with Feathers." Read the full text -- and hear poet Stephen Dunn read his poem "The Sacred." In the 14th century, Petrarch wrote about love ...

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In the 14th century, Petrarch wrote about love; in the 17th century, John Donne wrote about God. Today, poet Elise Paschen is turning her attention to yet another most universal of human experiences: ...