Short Esperance Poems

chef debouched
placed olykook in hot grease....
esperance flowed   ...

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All invulnerable
negated in less than one
hour (no matter,

for there alone belongs my
hope, eternal, my promise)...

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There’s a new dawn
A gentle breeze swirling around 
The sweet fragrance of honeysuckle 
In the air.

I step out
With a rose in my hand
A new feeling in my heart 
Esperance.




Date -16/08/2023
Contest name-Pick-A-Title, Vol 38 - Poetry Contest
Sponsor-Edward Ibeh...

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As a committed Christian my expectation is experiential since Jesus promise in my life since turning back to God has proved to be  accurate in so many ways expecially in regard to the Holy Spirit as helper healer guide &counsellor.So the expectation of rewards He mentions & records in regard to the first & second resurrections are indeed my esperance....

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Esperance, where kangaroos saunter beaches
and turquoise waters lie like a boomerang
snared beneath a lapis sky and snow-white sand.
Coral pink lakes scintillate in golden sun;
which late will shadow bronze ochre fossil spumes.
Red-legged silver seagulls "kwee-war" overhead;
in the distance, surfers ride the Cyclops waves; 
children take an ice cream down in Hellfire Bay....

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ESPERANCE

Where there’s life there’s hope
As vital signs may be detected
And presents a chance to cope
However we may be affected

Yet can any of us really see it
Whether obscured in fantasy
Or clearly stated in Papal fiat
A different kind of hypocrisy

When good prospects emerge
And all are confirmed as real
Unspent emotions start to surge
A tidal wave that one can feel

Hope remains the final portal
For those of us who are mortal...

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