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Old Wishes

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For: New Years Old Wishes Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Craig Cornish

Old wishes rattle like dry bones, or like tossed dice hitting a dead end~ no Yatzee™ to finish the year~ while we pray at midnight that evil spirits don't cross over and hex our new year's resolutions.

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Joel Hawksley

Date: 12/31/2024 5:03:00 AM

The ending, with its focus on new year's resolutions being "hexed," leaves the poem on a slightly ambiguous note. It suggests that even our best intentions can be thwarted by unseen forces or simply by the passage of time. This sense of uncertainty is a fitting conclusion to a poem about old wishes and the anxieties of the future. It’s a well-crafted and resonant piece.