Hope

Hopes are buried treasures
Gold daffodils of spring
A faith seed planted deep
Watered by love's well-spring
A farmer's garden tilled
With no evidence green

Faith inside the seeds
Waits for warmth and rain
When everything's right
The plants spring forth seen
Hope's now evident

Confidence shown
Hope now revealed
An assurance
Support displayed

Hope's exposed
In flowers
Garden seed

Faith, hope
These two

Seen   

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, 
the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1

Inspired by Dr. Ram's contest
Diminished Hexaverse has 6 stanza's 
Hexa means six...

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Rhonda Johnson-Saunders

Date: 1/22/2015 11:54:00 AM

Beautiful poem, Sara...deserving of first place! yes, hexa- means six...your poem was the only one done correctly by definition. I think the dispute came with the word everything (3 syllables, yes) but some pronounce it ev-er-y-thing. I have had trouble with this word before...hugs, Rhonda

Kayod5 Kayode

Date: 1/22/2015 12:34:00 AM

You simply make the difference by just doing what is right.I have read your blog on this and I completely agree with you; you are the only winner Sara, congrats my friend...huggs

Paul Callus

Date: 1/21/2015 10:04:00 AM

A 7 rating for this lovely poem, Sara! I know it should have finishes higher up on the list, but perhaps the extra stanza influenced the judge! Yes, 'hexa' refers to six, so I do not understand why only 5 are used!! As to syllable count....I'm amused:) // paul

Paul Callus
Date: 1/21/2015 11:46:00 AM

I checked it out too, and you are correct re 5 or 6 stanzas; also correct re syllable count!!

Sara Kendrick
Date: 1/21/2015 11:31:00 AM

Diminished Hexaverse- An unrhymed poem in diminishing 6 stanzas, made up of a sixain, followed by quintet, followed by a quatrain, followed by a tercet followed by couplet and ending in a single stich. Where L1-L6 6 syllables each, L7-L11 5 syllables each, L12-L15 4 syllables each, L16-L18 3 syllables each, L19-L20 2 syllables each and finally L21 1 syllable.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 1/21/2015 10:11:00 AM

Paul, I have found on the internet that both five or six stanzas are okay..I don't understand why the syllable count either but on the word everything it is only 3 syllables where we tend to think it is four..I checked it out..I tried to write that work using only five stanzas and could not say what I wanted to say with five so I went with six..Sara

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 1/20/2015 11:24:00 AM

Congratulations Sara> love-rajat

Dr. Upma A. Sharma

Date: 1/19/2015 10:46:00 PM

Superb write Sara! Shud hv placed higher,, congrats on fine win! Thnx for visits to my page wid ur positive words!

Sandra Haight

Date: 1/19/2015 5:39:00 PM

Hi Sara, I think your poem is awesome, and you went further with the 6 stanzas. I believe your syllable count is correct. a 7+Fav for me. Hugs, Sandra

Jan Allison

Date: 1/19/2015 12:48:00 PM

I am truly disappointed for you Sara - you went the extra mile with this one with the extra verse - its a 7 from me:-) Hugs Jan xx

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 1/19/2015 11:23:00 AM

Congrats on the win in my contest and thanks for the participation. But for syllable count, the poem could not get to high marks, "When everything's right" six instead of four syllables

Sara Kendrick
Date: 1/19/2015 12:33:00 PM

I chose to do a six stanza work so the second stanza is supose to have five syllables per line.. That line has five syllables. Thank you.. SK

Brenda Meier-Hans

Date: 1/19/2015 10:43:00 AM

A beautiful example of hope Sara. Congratulations on your win.

Emile Pinet

Date: 1/18/2015 1:09:00 PM

Your emotions and wit wrap themselves around your words and we are left refreshed with a feeling of hope. Emile.

M. L. Kiser

Date: 1/15/2015 4:21:00 AM

Wonderful, good luck in the contest.

Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty

Date: 1/12/2015 11:42:00 AM

You have developed this poetic write on Hebrews 11:1. This is an wonderful aphorism my fav. Thanx Sara you are always great. Hugs! No.1 for me.Love>>>>rajat