Does hope really
have feathers?
Or is it green
and vulnerable
springing
up from the ground?
Or is it a tiny speck of light
like the occasional spot
appearing
in a photograph
not visible
through the lens
but there on the image
Or is hope a dark
insubstantial thing
following like a shadow
hunting you down
55 words for Hedgewitch who carries on the proud tradition at Verse Escape.
This really chilled me Mary–that last stanza is one stark and telling reveal. Hope is a twisty thing indeed, and has been manipulated to serve a lot of less than hopeful purposes. I love the spring-off point of the Dickinson lines, and the evolution of change that leads up that ending, as well. Thanks for tossing a 55 into the bottom of Pandora’s box, and have a kickass time on your broom. 😉
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I keep thinking of HD’s line, “through our desolation, / thoughts stir, inspiration stalks us / through gloom” written after WWII. Thanks so much for the comment, and for hosting the 55 again.
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So you gonna tell us or what? Great to see you at the 55!!!
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Meh, no. 😉 Thanks Shay.
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Hope is a thing to ponder for sure. Love this Mary!!
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Thank you Carrie!
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Wow…never thought of hope as a hunter…love this!
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Thanks Susie!
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This is wonderful. I like the idea of hope hunting you down.
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Thank you Lori!
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Mary,
I guess hope is an attitude assumed in the moment of need. Your poem is filled with paradoxes, all of them true, or at least possible. I love the thought and the verse.
I couldn’t publish on your comment section, and thought I’d do it this way.
Steve
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Thank you, Steve. I don’t know why you couldn’t comment there…
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Beautiful. I think hope is a flame flickering in the dark.
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Thank you. I hope so too.
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Hey miss , read nothing in while you OK?
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Yes. Just working on some projects outside of my computer. Thanks for your concern.
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