{"id":5516,"date":"2024-04-01T03:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T07:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5516"},"modified":"2024-03-31T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T22:44:24","slug":"poem-hope-ungraduated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/01\/poem-hope-ungraduated\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Hope Ungraduated"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a poem that plays with the fact that I graduated from Hope College. I have literally graduated from hope! Of course, hope is not simply something that can be metered out in a “graduated” fashion, and neither hoard not whored. Hope abides, springing eternally.<\/p>\n

Hope Ungraduated<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I am
\nLiterally
\nA graduate of Hope College
\nAnd I have the B.S. to prove it
\nIn the first degree
\nAfter hi school
\nThat is
\nHope would be
\nA religious school
\nIf schools could be
\nAnd men were of letters
\nWord
\nIncarnate
\nMore sow
\nThan what can be
\nGiven berth
\nAfter a few semesters
\nOf liberal arts
\nOnly to find won self
\nHope ungraduated
\nIn countering
\nLife as a vocation
\nYou must
\nAs well
\nPain the tuition
\nEndure mean wile
\nHope simply abides
\nThirst and last
\nThe alpha and omega
\nBesting every succeeding generation
\nUnleashed with that which is
\nForever
\nMore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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