Best Hope Springs Eternal Poems

through his word
we can find a 
measure of hope 
comfort and serenity



Our Heavenly Father...

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(I wote this after seeing an older man laboriously carrying water in a bucket and 
watering his small corn plants one-by-one.  The field was...

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“Hope springs eternal”
a wise elder said to me
I never forgot
a strong cornerstone of faith
hope is found when needed most

I did not “find God”
faith was always...

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 "Looking back at the Earth, I can't really describe how beautiful it is from 300 miles up. Looking down, you can tell it's a...

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Hope springs eternal, they say
   Robin red-breast seen with the blue jay
Flowers poke their way up through hard ground
   Buds on...

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I can watch them again,
grown men at a children's game,
the glory of the Show
on the TV screen.

For a while
I couldn’t watch,
knowing 
I’d been close.
A phenom...

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A kiss from heaven
A magical time
A true love is rare
But decidedly divine
My picture of love
Was carefully designed
Two parents and a home
That I could call mine
Shakespere...

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Those that must have fled the alien shore
or sought respite at home, secure
in knowledge that when the time is right
they will resume their never-ending fight

The...

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We come to life with no great aim, 
But step by step, our souls flame.
We crawl before we learn to walk.
We babble before we learn...

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Cherry blossoms bloom;
the townspeople sing, laugh, dance:
hope springs eternal.


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Time froze solid over crystal ledges 
Not withstanding planetary degrees of cold
Eroded ages in deep space...

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Midnight mass
Christmas rites;
Peace on earth

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Downtown lights
Dressed for Christmas;
Goodwill atmosphere

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Church pews full
Congregation at ease;
Peace for our time

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Say a short prayer
For world peace;
Smiles abound

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Greetings and meetings
Fine foods...

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Love is like a flower,
It will grow and live;
Beauty to the beholder
Its offering to give.
As it grows older,
Therein the problem lies;
Its beauty doth fade,
It withers...

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...inspired by the song 'Northbound 35' by Jeffrey Foucault


Two hundred miles and counting,
Kansas blacktop, batttling snow,
visibility's poor, his sadness is mounting,
from here to there he...

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1.
artistic insight -
getting that vision's better
than knowing the truth

2.
haiku’s are hiding –
hunting season just opened
all understatements

3.
minimalist form 
reveals dancing images –
how much can you say?

4.
"look!" old...

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-  Train Whistle
Leaves are on the ground,
A North wind is picking up...
The train-whistle blows.

-  Reality
Is it for the dead?
How long do we have...

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Hope springs eternal in the land of the open mind and heart

Steadfast they move towards that which never left their sight

Yet those who have lost...

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just when you like me
hope springs eternal and busts
another legend dies...

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No matter that the mailman stops or not.
I still put on my heavy jacket, 
Tug on my boots and woolen gloves.
Give an unspoken invitation
To my...

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Dark clouds gathering
Dark is the blitz
Blitz with Donald or
Blitz alone 
Alone in the dark
Alone without hope
Hope springs eternal
Hopelessly calling
Calling Gods forsaken
Calling to the void 
Void...

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the leaves turn as they fall
twisting on the breeze in a
dance of winters hand on my world
hurry along the path
each footfall scattering the leaves with...

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...inspired by the song 'Northbound 35' by Jeffrey Foucault



Three hundred miles and counting,
Kansas blacktop, battling snow,
visibility's poor, his sadness is mounting,
from here to there he...

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I bumped into him
My eighty and something year decrepit teacher
He was wearing a coat 
Moth-eaten,shabby and antiquated
Overlooking an ostensively,presumed shirt
In his haste has unwisely buttoned...

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at the bottom of a coffee cup
lies hidden wisdom unknown
out of sight yet quite visible
unto our innermost thinking

within the reflection unseen
shimmering upon the mirror
behind the...

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Little children live in their own pure world;
They behave like colorful banners unfurled.
The joyous toddler takes its first tentative step.
Looking at those around, sitting seemingly...

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