{"id":2671,"date":"2017-03-27T14:13:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2671"},"modified":"2017-03-27T14:13:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T19:13:53","slug":"hope-poem-hope-can-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/27\/hope-poem-hope-can-be\/","title":{"rendered":"HOPE POEM: Hope Can Be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hope can be<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Like an animal cornered by a predator<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Fighting for life<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hope can be<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Like a wisp of smoke<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Wafting through the claws of enemies<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Hope can be<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Like adore number three<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A seeding that grand prize of a lifetime<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Byway of a constellation prize<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Cheep in hand<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Not enough to beguile<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>A way from blazing stars twinkling upon us<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sow far a weigh<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Invisible during daze<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Soully to serve<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>That first class purpose<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Best suited<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Naked to the night<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And inextinguishable light<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hope is a common thread in my poems, even in those that deal with brutal injustices. \u00a0This poem offers several facets of hope. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Buttons\/Got-Hope-SPIRITUAL-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Religious-Spiritual\/Got-Hope.gif\" alt=\"Got Hope SPIRITUAL BUTTON\" width=\"173\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Peace\/Buttons\/Hope-Trumps-Despair-PEACE-BUTTON.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/toppun.com\/Peace\/Hope-Trumps-Despair.gif\" alt=\"Hope Trumps Despair PEACE BUTTON\" width=\"172\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a>First, hope can come in the invigorating immediacy of a direct threat where life is literally at stake. \u00a0The awakening of purpose in such situations offers a clarity that is often lost in the muddled vagaries of life. \u00a0I see hope in this. \u00a0Second, hope can appear as a calm, centered, and artfully wise bypassing of confrontations where violence has the upper hand. \u00a0This kind of hope lives within a set of rules not dictated by one&#8217;s enemies. \u00a0Thirdly, this poem lifts up hope rooted soully in undying truths that can fuel patience for life and fearless courage in efface of death. \u00a0As hope wends through our lives, and life itself, may we be bound as won accord as we experience hope&#8217;s many threads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hope can be Like an animal cornered by a predator Fighting for life Hope can be Like a wisp of smoke Wafting through the claws of enemies Hope can be Like adore number three A seeding that grand prize of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/27\/hope-poem-hope-can-be\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[198,385,104,428,388,359,387,658,600,163],"class_list":["post-2671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-courage","tag-death","tag-enemies","tag-experience","tag-hope","tag-life","tag-patience","tag-poems","tag-rules","tag-violence"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HOPE POEM: Hope Can Be | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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