Best Hope Society Poems

There will come a day
when people remember a time
when thorns of selfishness
were topped with roses of kindness.
When bonds were strengthened
through thoughts and words,
not kisses or embraces.
When people became heroes,
their only superpower was that they cared.
When so much that we valued
abandoned us, like feathers in the...

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A cup of cold tea
A hungry dog begging for attention
A crying baby
Flower petals begin to bloom...

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peace is a dove, a branch, a bridge, an offered hand, a shared land


7/08/22

The Art of Peace contest
Sponsor: John Lawless
4th Place...

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While jurisprudence illustrates through brief,
the bureaucrat stands verbal in reply.
To pillage righteous freedoms like a thief,
he fans malfeasance tethered to a lie.

  Incitement is the weaponry of choice 
for inspiration fanning despot flames,
autocracy inflects within the voice 
to emphasize the fabricated claims.

  When...

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What is Woke
Unbridled intention or activism shrouded by an enveloping cloak?
Doing Good
Embracing causes from some unwritten book.
Driving Equity
Is there some clarity or just another term for charity.
Pro-Choice
For set boundaries to be given a clear voice.
Gender-Neutral
A novel fad or a path to personal renewal?
Gay Rights
To live...

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I was born in far Morsania,
a small, backwater Eurasian state,
known to most folk in this wide world
for my grandfather’s prodigious hate.

My given name is Jocefeus,
but I mostly go by Joe these days,
because that tyrant grandpa and I
unfortunately share a name.

I have no real memory of...

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Just flip a coin
And you'll enjoy
A newborn, bouncing baby boy.

Just flip a coin
And find a pearl
A newborn, bouncing baby girl.

Both born co-equal at the start -
Co-equal with a heart, a mind,
Yet differ as their lives unwind.

Yes, down the lengthy road of life
Through messages for roles...

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Does the Message of Christmas Offend You?

I know of many who got somewhat “defensive.”
It has to do with something, they find “offensive.”

This seems to be the direction this country’s going.
People getting offended and it’s showing!

The very appearance of a cross is “offensive.”  It seems!
Many...

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Controversy! Controversy! 
Is social media's economy
Lies and confusion is the only way to make  money
Hating our neighbors but loving overseas
Blinding the sighted so now no-one will ever sees
Leaders of those nation, calling us enemies
In our history will the mystery of conspiracies
Money, the root of...

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Reporters swarmed, the rabid jackals,
around my house they made a big crowd,
even harassed my poor old mother
to the point she could barely go out.

I growled loud at more than a few,
got one locked up for trespassing,
thankfully they found other nonsense
and the frenzy wasn’t long-lasting.

But the...

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Slate clouds stretch low
over urban rooftops,
sun’s hopeful warmth
vanquished:

	man with a limp
	pauses.
	his weary eyes,
	wary,
	survey that sky,
	grimy gangling
	fingers
	fidget
	buttons,
	wind biting through
	plaid jacket’s
	worn fabric;
	on, he hobbles
	behind
	shopping cart,
	cluttered and dull,
	left front wheel
	shimmying,

sere, dun leaves
and discarded wrappers
tumble, rustle
alongside
in the gutter....

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Where There Is Honesty

Where there is honesty,
there is trust.
Where there is trust,
there is freedom.
Where there is freedom,
there is fulfillment.
Where there is fulfillment,
there is wholeness.
Where there is wholeness,
there is giving to others.
Where there is giving to others,
there is relationship.
Where there is relationship,
there is community.
Where there is...

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Apocryphal					
Misleading 				
Egotistical				
Reckless	
Illusion				 
Comical			
A Fool's paradise
Non-negotiable		

Deceptive
Radical 
Expendable			
Alluring
Manufactured...

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The Lord provides hope and happiness day by day,
This is God's blessing and way.

To live in a society both complex and divine,
This society both human and refined.

Talents respected and enhanced,
A chance to celebrate life and dance.

There is always hope for tomorrow,
God provides us with intelligent...

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Why wait for anything
and regret unrealized dreams
when even hope redeems?
Why have an awful feeling
and settle for uncertainty to come?
Rise above your hopelessness 
and get rid of scary things
that affects almost everything...
what's your hesitation to cling
to choices that are better than none?  

If life breathes...

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