Incantations of Hope
Micro-poems to sustain our spirit. Series 3.
Dear Reader,
The power of the right words dispersed when we most need them should not be taken for granted. They can become the catalyst moving from a state of despondency to one of joy and purpose. They can be a balm to begin healing, and a path to gentle and loving emotional, spiritual, and mental self-examination. Perhaps most precious of all, they can be the renewal of hope in something we believed was lost forever.
My fervent wish is that these poems gifted to us by these generous writers restore the hope we need to take one step, and then the next, and courageously go on.
Phynne~Belle
Season of Hope
Freeze bites Springtime’s toes Chapped leaves redden forest cheeks Perch on branch fingers Shyly open to chorus: Green leaf tea ceremony!
Laura Grevel
origami cranes dangle from a mobile by my window gesturing toward the sky like my hopes for flying
Jackie Chou
Natsu no hate (End of summer)
The cicada bursts From its wingless, childish form. I return, wiser.
Jennifer Elise Wang
I asked the gasping Sea how I can help. “Discover the abundance of less,” She said.
Susanne West
Hibiscus
Hibiscus invites
butterflies, wasps, bees
with flirtatious tongue
receives caresses, stings
Wilts within a day
without complaint Meher Pestonji