Hope is a 4-letter word that is necessary to survive. Almost as essential as breathing… so we must work to keep hope alive. There’s plenty of proof of sorrow, but we can’t let anguish rule the day. Hope is only deterrent that can hold deep…

The nurse who held my son all day when he was going to leave the hospital I wonder if she was thinking about me or the adoptive parents who would be arriving that day to take my son home with them   I wonder if…

I want to write a poem About how I feel But it’s hard to explain How hard it is To be autistic and at the same time Somewhat normal And still be bisexual Along with nonbinary Add in being a birthmother And all the things…

I climb the shelves jump the study rooms and cut my way through piles of books   I plumb the depths of Google searches for bits of lost info and hidden treasure   I face the questions that puzzle the will of the most knowledgeable…

HOPE Hope emerges Like a ray of light, Like a guiding star, At the end of a tunnel of despair. Hope, whispers softly To rise To see beyond our tears To see beyond our failure. Hope gives us, An anchor A stability to rise A…

I liked closets I could hide away where no one would see me safe inside a small space my mind could fly far away   Then I was fine with closets They kept me safe my secrets locked away inside only a few picking the…

    The last light of the day, Before my last words. I close the blinds from behind, And can’t even fathom how I get here. Amid losing all the balance, There’s hope. A glimpse of it. Pushing me towards the precipice To finish what…

Write a poem about hope. Walking in the woods without benefit of bug spray. Rolling for Yahtzee when you have the large straight. Returning the sweepstakes entry without making a purchase. Crossing your fingers when your daughter strolls to home plate. Beginning the journey with…

Is hope more of a wish or a prayer? Does it have to do with string? Is it a goal or objective or song? Or just some everyday thing? Does hope spring eternal as the poem says or perhaps the poems are just mush I’d…

Prompt Twenty-four – Text Prompt – Write a poem about hope.   Because they Hope   Hope is the best there is. Was she not the last one out of Pandora’s box? There is always hope, even against hope. Till the end, till the very…