Today's poet

[freckle]

Hang in there Matt, feeling pretty low myself, christmas don't alter the fact i have no job and no income, in fact christmas has made the financial situation worse, waiting to hear about an interview but the waiting's getting to me, lots of other crap going on, some of it my own making, some of it other people's doing, feel like sh!t tonight

sending a big hug to you all....it can be a tough time of year emotionally for many, thank goodness we can all take solace in running and companionship....lovely poem deejay

[Mountain Goatess]

Awww that's so nice of you DJ

[Mountain Goatess]

hang In There Matt, Feeling Pretty Low Myself, Christmas Don't Alter The Fact I Have No Job And No Income, In Fact Christmas Has Made The Financial Situation Worse, Waiting To Hear About An Interview But The Waiting's Getting To Me, Lots Of Other Crap Going On, Some Of It My Own Making, Some Of It Other People's Doing, Feel Like Sh!t Tonight

Chin Up Steve And Keep On Smiling!

[Mountain Goatess]

Stay strong guys


The strength to resist the night
The strength to endure the day
The strength to keep righteous paths in sight
The strength to take them without delay

The strength to find a purpose in life
The strength to find the truths it brings
The strength to kick away from strife
The strength to stabalize the rock it clings

The strength to light a friend’s day up
The strength to resist wrathful foes
The strength to fill a stranger’s dry cup
The strength to shun sin when it opposed

The strength to feel a injured man’s pain
The strength to hold a reject’s hand
The strength to act against any gain
The strength to love without demand

The strength to understand that our King
Has blessed us with more than we can contain
Therefore regardless what time may bring
The strength will continue to reign

[Mountain Goatess]

What hope means

Hope is bright shining light which keeps darkness at bay
Hope is gentle cold breeze on a hot summer day

Hope is to remain positive when the going gets tough
Hope is seeking more when others think you've had enough

What hope means

Hope is dreaming of tommorow
Hope is simmering under sorrow

Hope is sparkles when tears in our eyes
Hope is a beautiful thing and a beautiful thing never dies

What hope means

Hope is as light as a feather
Hope keeps all of us together

Hope is ubiquitous and free of cost
Hope is the last thing ever lost.....

[freckle]

What hope means

Hope is bright shining light which keeps darkness at bay
Hope is gentle cold breeze on a hot summer day

Hope is to remain positive when the going gets tough
Hope is seeking more when others think you've had enough

What hope means

Hope is dreaming of tommorow
Hope is simmering under sorrow

Hope is sparkles when tears in our eyes
Hope is a beautiful thing and a beautiful thing never dies

What hope means

Hope is as light as a feather
Hope keeps all of us together

Hope is ubiquitous and free of cost
Hope is the last thing ever lost.....

Lovely poems MG thank you for posting...just tried sending you a message but your all full up!...hope to see you at Clayton Banks on 10th Jan? all the best freckle

[Mountain Goatess]

Lovely poems MG thank you for posting...just tried sending you a message but your all full up!...hope to see you at Clayton Banks on 10th Jan? all the best freckle

Oops...better delete some old messages....I've been so popular lately.....must have been those XOTF shorts!

[Mountain Goatess]

Lovely poems MG thank you for posting...just tried sending you a message but your all full up!...hope to see you at Clayton Banks on 10th Jan? all the best freckle

Yes I am going to try and get to Clay Bank West x

[freckle]

Related to the theme of hope, survival and resilience, written from a very particular perspective but with aspects which I think we can all relate to....

Still I rise
Mary Angelou


You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

[Mountain Goatess]

I like it Freckle.....in a word...sassy!