Hope Night Poems

Homer translations

Surrender to sleep at last! What an ordeal, keeping watch all night, wide awake. Soon you’ll succumb to sleep and escape all your troubles....

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Beneath heavy eyelids woven from the shadows of the night,
In the gardens of silence, time whispers questions through the ages,
Why, amidst walls frailly built from...

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The Starry Night

Holding onto the iron window, gazing at Alpilles,
It's a magnificent night, filled with stars,
I wonder, is it possible? I'm on hills, 
Reaching the...

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Life with it's ups and down's
I love you day and night
Family and friends make
Every moment extra special...

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A miracle of hope rushes through my soul holding on to the courage inside me and propels me to an unknown destiny; the moon with...

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There is a moon stuck inside the stoplight
A still unblinking gaze controlling blood tides
Circulatory system like New York City in the seventies
The thrashing of my...

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Night Labor
by Michael R. Burch

for Rachel Corrie

Tonight we keep the flame alive;
we keep the candle lit.
We burn bright incense in your name
and swear we’ll not...

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I am still holding my belly and rocking from side to side as if my mother had just died. Reality is mumbling between my teeth...

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As night draped its cloak over Baltimore's sleeping form,
A cargo ship, the MV Dali, sailed to greet the dawn.
From the bustling harbor shores it had...

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By Poet: "A blue carpet as far as we can see. My child I call it an Ocean."

I could not stay,
just needed to run away.
Being...

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"One day, . . . I saw the sunset forty-four times! . . . You know—one loves the sunset, when one is so sad."
 Quote...

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Tears in the night
In unwritten chronicles, time embraces me with its fear,
On the shore of refusal, I withdraw, without wishing to be close to any...

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Tarry with me tonight 
My dear firelight!
Your precious warmth be
My solitary company. 
It's my plush blanket
Wrapping me in heat.
Not all is well;
Darkness cast its spell.
Luxurious...

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By Poet "Tears are rain from the eyes."

Last night it rained~a very tearful God...

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Even the stars tremble, ever so faintly, glistening
Revealing the heartbreak beneath the breath,
Stars, still as night, they listen… 
Beyond the shudders, the tremulous sighs,
Disturbing the...

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