The Poet and The Echo

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Short story series in which writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.

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Kathryn Simmonds

Robert Jack

Kirsty Williams

The Poet and the Echo: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

BBC Radio 4 - The Poet and the Echo, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers

Kathryn Simmonds' poignant story inspired by Emily Dickinson.

Kathryn Simmonds' poignant story inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem about hope stirring, even in the darkest of times.

Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories. 

Episode 5/5 

Hope is the Thing with Feathers

A man tries to revive his marriage. 

A poignant story inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem about hope stirring, even in the darkest of times. By the poet and short-story writer, Kathryn Simmonds. 


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Writer ..... Kathryn Simmonds
Reader ..... Robert Jack
Producer ..... Kirsty Williams

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