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The Hope Engine

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on August 28, 2025| 4 Comments »


 
Is hope alive?
How does it run?
What is that
turquoise scent?
Do I revile hope
or long for it?
Every morning
it arrives, twists
and writhes and fills
what is vacant
with a beautiful,
mysterious coiling.
I long for miles and miles
of hope, an endless,
generous rope of hope.
I want enough hope
to tie me up and
tether me to what
is here. Is an inch of hope
better than nothing?
An inch is enough
to cast a shadow.
An inch is enough
to make me dream.
A sliver is enough
for me to meet hope
with curious eyes and
offer it everything I am.

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On International Kindness Day

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 13, 2020| 6 Comments »

Kindness went out and got itself

a new engine—a four-hundred horsepower

twin turbo 3.3 liter V-6 engine.

Something with real oomph.

Something that provides a bit of giddy-up

when the loving gets tough. Turns out

kindness likes horsepower.

A lot of horsepower. Plus it sprung

for direct fuel injection to maximize

its power output. Everyone thinks

kindness prefers things quiet and calm,

but kindness is ready for action—

ready to take on the world,

ready to travel every back road,

every highway, every main street

and get this ever-loving show on the road.

There’s a whole lot of loving to do.

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