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Tag Archives: Hope
On Hope and Change – From the Archives – 2015
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus The soldiers loved the little boy son of famed Germanicus Commander of the Roman legions camped along the River Danube. A little boy dressed in the part of soldier in his father’s army carrying his … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Caligula, change, d beauty, false appearances, Hope, poetry, politics, Rome, slogans, unexpected outcomes
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Forsaken
Sit not in your darkened room alone and brooding feeling forsaken by the Fates the sounds of the living rising from the streets. Mourn not uselessly your luck that’s failing now; your plans, your hopes all gone awry. Instead prepare … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged bidding farewell, depression, forsaken. lost love, going on, Hope, music in the streets, poetry, procession of the living
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Solstice
Icy cold frozen moon hanging in a crystalline sky as it was foretold Tree skeletons appear if dead save pines and ivy holly berries red Snow falls on frozen water The sun is gone The fearful cower Fires burning in … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Hope, ice, longest night, poetry, shortest day, snow, solstice, sun, Winter, yule
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On Hope and Change
by toritto Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus The soldiers loved the little boy son of famed Germanicus Commander of the Roman legions camped along the River Danube. A little boy dressed in the part of soldier in his father’s army … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Caligula, change, d beauty, false appearances, Hope, poetry, politics, Rome, slogans, unexpected outcomes
7 Comments
Refugee
We left our home in novecento left padrone and prominenti ‘Ndrangheta and the priests the almond trees for golden streets. I wasn’t born with dreams like yours; tending trees I would never own; almond butter, a crust of bread before an … Continue reading
Posted in family, Poetry
Tagged almond trees, boat people, coming to Italy, dreams, happy children, Hope, Italy, Lampedusa, Libya, old age, Palermo, poetry, refugees, rescuing refugees, Sicily, small house, syria, Tripoli
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Solstice – A Re-Post for the Shortest Day
for this Sunday! Icy cold frozen moon hanging in a crystalline sky as it was foretold Tree skeletons appear if dead save pines and ivy holly berries red Snow falls on frozen water The sun is gone The fearful cower … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Hope, ice, longest night, poetry, shortest day, snow, solstice, sun, Winter, yule
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