Monday, September 6, 2010

Is What?

Sometimes full,
Sometimes less;
faint; faint
glimmer;
false; things
desired, things
feared; dashed,
fierce, fading;
springs eternal;
paired with dream;
shared; sustaining,
enduring, realized;
enemy of despair.

In the vernacular:
A diamond;
a ship;
a cape of good.

A child with no family;
a man with no job; a
woman, waiting for a
child to be born.

A quality.
A characteristic.
An action.
A countenance.
An affirmation.
An offering.
A gift.
A song. A belief.
A heart full of.

A brook.
A stream.
A waterfall.
A river.
A cascade.
A torrent.
An ocean.

A confidence.
A refuge.
A resting place.
An expectation.
A waiting.
A trust.
A leaning on.
Faith.

The One.

To see other posts on hope, please visit the One-Word Blog Carnival over at Bridget Chumbley’s place.

Photograph: Dazeye by Nancy Rosback. Used with permission.

17 comments:

  1. This was brilliant.

    Loved.every.word!

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  2. Your creativity with words is impressive - What a symphony of hope you have conducted here!

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  3. That just about covers it! Love reading this.

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  4. a string of thoughts about hope. ripe for the pondering... beautiful poem, Glynn.

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  5. Bro' that was so wonderful and full!

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  6. See, that's what you get when you know what you're doing! I loved that poem. You definitely made me feel the rushing. Thanks Glynn.

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  7. Fantastic Glynn!

    All that hope is and more.

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  8. That just about covers it. And covers it beautifully.

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  9. a torrent
    a refuge
    the One


    Hope is these.
    He is these.
    He is hope.

    Very nice, Glynn.

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  10. Love this, Glynn. Beautiful!

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