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Sunday, January 10, 2021

POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE OF HOPE

 


I'm standing on 
the rim of the world,
at the far edge of far, 
next stop Japan.

I am thinking of you.

The news is bad.
It is very bad.

But the view is beautiful
from here.

I send you
a small postcard
of hope.

Believe in the essential goodness
of humankind.

Believe in Mother Earth
who, like us,
wants to live.

I stand on the edge
of the edge of the world.
I send you this
small postcard
of hope.


A poem from 2014. We need some hope right now, as we try to keep our footing on a planet all askew. What grounds me is Mother Earth, and the beauty of nature all around me. The heroism of trees breathing in carbon, even as they are being chopped down, and the carbon is too much; the steadfastness of the waves, the moon, the seasons, moving through their cycles, in spite of our heedlessness. We are the only creatures not working with the natural world. We need to learn how to, and fast. Meanwhile, we take solace where we can, in the splendor of the wild world.


9 comments:

  1. Thank you, trees and grasses, oceans and stars, for this postcard of hope!

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  2. Thank you for the small post card of hope. We must keep the lantern of hope burning.

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  3. Thank you, Sherry. What a wonderful and hope-filled poem and at just the right time.

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  4. We do need hope. A wonderful verbal postcard to the world.

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  5. This is a beautiful and poignant message for a postcard, Sherry!

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  6. We all need this post card of hope right now dear Sherry! Beautiful and thank you!!

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  7. I love to think of a post card of hope! Definitely what we all need right now.

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