Best Hope Springs Eternal Poems
through his word
we can find a
measure of hope
comfort and serenity
Our Heavenly Father
(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 large and the task seemed
to me to be hopeless. But he was doing all that he had at his disposal to save his
crop from drought.)
Hope Springs Eternal
By Elton Camp
There is something about this man to inspire
That he is doing what he can is much to admire
He diligently turned and planted corn in his field
With the hope that a bountiful crop it would yield
He fertilized and carefully kept the weeds away
As he cultivated his precious corn day by day
The seeds soon sprouted and the plants grew
But the needed rains proved to be far too few
And though the prospects indeed look very bleak
Buckets of water he wearily totes from the creek
It may seem useless, but it’s all he knows to do
But it’s a task so large he may never get through
He pours water to this one, the next, then more
As the farmer does his seemingly endless chore
Back and forth to the creek he goes to fill his pail
With the hope that better weather will soon prevail
It would be easy to give up and angrily curse his fate
To surrender all of his future to total despair and hate
But to do a thing like that is not this good man’s way
He chooses to continue to fight, work and often pray
L earn how to live
I n it, breathe it--- to become part of your
V ery
E ssence.
I t can be vital when you feel like there's
N othing left to live for.
H ope has the ability to literally help your soul and spirit live
O n. It can
P rotect you from
E ternal despair.
Hope Springs Eternal in our Winter of our Discontent
Poem for April 2020 Poetry Month Day 1 based writer’s digest prompt posted on all poetry and my web page the world according to cosmos
Hope springs eternal in the winter of our discontent
On the daily news that fills us with dread
Perfect storm of hatred, fear and despair?Everywhere we go nonstop fear broadcasted
Despair fills my heart as I turn on the news
Everywhere we are in the midst of the pandemic
Simply put death is at hand
Planning for the future yet waiting for death
At worst we will all die not today but soon
In the long term we are all dead
Remembering the dead all around us
yet I end this poem with a word of hope
hoping for the best
while preparing for the worst
all I can do to stay sane
as I await my fate
on this dismal date
April 1 is indeed
April Fool’s date
is that our fate
this endless dance with death?
and to end with a sign of hope
I know that if I have you by my side
I will survive I will survive
until the end of time itself
takes us to the other side
Wednesday April 1 Hope Springs Eternal in our Winter of our Discontent writer’s digest prompt Posted
Hope springs eternal in the winter of our discontent
On the daily news that fills us with dread
Perfect storm of hatred, fear and despair?Everywhere we go nonstop fear broadcasted
Despair fills my heart as I turn on the news
Everywhere we are in the midst of the pandemic
Simply put death is at hand
Planning for the future yet waiting for death
At worst we will all die not today but soon
In the long term we are all dead
Remembering the dead all around us
yet I end this poem with a word of hope
hoping for the best
while preparing for the worst
all I can do to stay sane
as I await my fate
on this dismal date
April 1 is indeed
April Fool’s date
is that our fate
this endless dance with death?
and to end with a sign of hope
I know that if I have you by my side
I will survive I will survive
until the end of time itself
takes us to the other side
based on writer’s digest daily April poetry month challenge to write a poem about hope
Hope Springs Eternal
I know it's not Spring as such
But come December 21st
The day's will be getting longer
not shorter
And Vampires hate that