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& find a field of lilacs — Danez Smith

for sitting; flitting about the flowers, it showers you with grace: faith is the hope on which we wait

Day 25 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by 'little prayer' by Danez Smith https://poets.org/poem/little-prayer

Confuse my mind with images – Elinor Wylie

Imagine contours and landscapes;

Remember sounds of this turning Earth to ground you inside each forgotten moment -

Sit, for a spell, in the place we call home

Day 24 for #AdventPoems24 Inspired by 'Let No Charitable Hope' by Elinor Wylie https://poets.org/poem/let-no-charitable-hope

Times of quiet and fire, of low storm clouds and skies so blue ... — Silas House

All it took then was for you to reach right up, where your fingers were swallowed whole inside the mist of the mountain, catching our breath on a threshold of wonder, of love; hope

Day 23 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by 'Lark Ascending' by Silas House https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mMIKnZM1jq6CAi_1jzlJ6ujUFBJIyjSHkNwabBI4tOU/present#slide=id.g3183fe2154a_0_0

This morning broke cold – bitter, even, and biting - bundle up; we're bold

for Algot

and the crows are up to no good — Ali Liebegott

Mayhem on the lawn, again, these birds gather in their murder, raising such thunderous racket at the break of dawn, the quiet but an hour away

Day 22 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by “Hope” by Ali Liebegott https://poets.org/poem/hope-0

Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides — Maya Angelou

Constant, in motion, every moment of every day, true – the way the moon always pulls on the ocean: that's me, reaching for you

Day 21 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by 'Still I Rise' by Maya Angelou https://poets.org/poem/still-i-rise

Fluttering inside, fluttering inside — Esther Belin

There's promises and pledges yet to be broken - such chattering -

but

still:

we're stretching our angled bodies in anticipation of release

Day 20 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by 'I Hope To God You Will Not Ask' by Esther Belin https://poets.org/poem/i-hope-god-you-will-not-ask

The river bridges and star charts and song harmonies All in service to a simple idea: That we can make a house called tomorrow ... — Alberto Ríos

Listen to the singing, the calling of harmony, the rhythmic hammering of nails in the boards of the house in the town in the years yet to come

We've sung our way into the past, too – drew upon shared memories of elders, but that's a song of yesterday — today, we holler out hope on behalf of tomorrow

Day 19 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by “A House Called Tomorrow” by Alberto Ríos https://poets.org/poem/house-called-tomorrow

A dazzling thing like day — Elsa Gidlow

Sunglasses come recommended on days such as these, the hours infused with something akin to the hope we all need; a light so bright, it cuts through night

Day 18 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by 'Hope' by Elsa Gidlow https://poets.org/poem/hope-3

Galloping, with abandon, as if dreams depend upon it,

the heart pumps with possibilities, keeping time;

And I am the writer, saddled with memory of moments left behind

Day 17 for #AdventPoems24 inspired by 'How To Triumph Like A Girl' by Ada Limon https://poets.org/poem/how-triumph-girl