After all the pleasures here,
Before new wonders I might fear
Can I feel the present bliss
Donning on the now like this?
Even when fresh hope feels gone
Find there’s hope that lingers on.
Linked to dVerse Meeting the Bar. Lillian is hosting with alphabet sestets.
Photos: “Water Plants”, above, and “Vine”, below.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
LOVE this one, Frank! But then you know I am an optimist 🙂
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Compared to the alternative, optimism is the way to go. Thank you, Lillian!
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I really like the rhythm and uplifting message of this piece.
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I am glad you liked it. Thank you, Magarisa!
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Getting reader’s thoughts aflowing
How they come there is no knowing!
In a moment quite sublime
Just a nearly perfect rhyme.
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And that is a perfect rhyme, Peter! Thank you!
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Thank you Frank.
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Thank goodness for a hope that still lingers!
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It is good that it still lingers. Thank you, Vivian!
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😊
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I liked the plug for inhabiting the Now; you ain’t afraid of no rhyme .
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The Now is all we have, except for memories and dreams and they are all in the Now. Thank you, Glenn!
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Hope that lingers on, I love that ending line. Your photos, specially the first one, is stunning!
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I am glad you liked them! Thank you, Grace!
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First of all, lovely pics. I am a sucker for water lilies. You did a wonderful job with this – optimistic without being facile. Good job.
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Water lilies are beautiful and the botanic garden is nearby. Thank you, Toni!
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I love what this prompt is bringing out – so well done.
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It is a nice prompt. Thank you, V.J.!
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So true Frank, even when it seems all hope is gone, it seems there is always a little hope surfacing that keeps one holding on…love the water lilies.
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Hope sometimes appear when least expected. Thank you, Dorianna!
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Love the optimistic tone!
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Thank you, Sascha!
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Lovely photos. Hope can always be found in the plant kingdom.
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It can. Thank you, Amaya!
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There is always hope after hope lingers, which means hope never leaves. Love this!
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It doesn’t leave, although may it appear to. Thank you, Mary!
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your photo is enigmatic Frank, the green like its an acrylic paint stain – hope I always feel that in your word even when you don’t say it
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One might as well hope. I am glad you liked that photo, Gina!
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Hope always lingers sometimes unexpectedly..
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It appears unexpectedly sometimes. Thank you!
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Alfabet song 🙂
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It is a song. Thank you, Ben!
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You did it again, Frank, getting an optimistic rhyming poem out whatever the odds.
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I find them easier to write. Thank you, Jane!
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It shows. They read effortlessly.
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kaykuala
Even when fresh hope feels gone
Find there’s hope that lingers on.
One is always protected even when hopes seem hopeless. Great close Frank!
Hank
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Yes, one is protected in unusual ways. Thank you, Hank!
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Very enjoyable, Frank.
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Thank you, Robbie!
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There’s always hope! I’m not surprised you made this sestet rhyme…effortlessly 🙂
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I find it easier to rhyme than not. Thank you, Lynn!
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Positive and rhyming! Love it, Frank.
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Thank you,Sara!
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‘donning on the now’ – love that phrase, and you so effortlessly manage to rhyme (and beautifully too), no matter what the prompt is..
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I had to look up the word “donning”. I am glad you liked that phrase. It was the hardest one to get right. Thank you, Vidya!
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I think each present moment could be a gift from past hope. It grows our future.
Nice one, Frank. 🙂
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I like how you put that: the present is a gift from past hope growing our future. Thank you, Mish!
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Very nice, Frank!
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Thank you, Dan!
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Hope that lingers… that is what keeps me moving I think
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Thank you, Bjorn!
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Hope is important. Nicely done.
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Thank you, Merril!
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I love the fresh hope when you dare to don now. And your photos are so evocative of your subject.
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Thank you, Victoria!
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ETeRNaL NoW
All FiLLeD
uP aLL
tHaT iS
Left Right From:
to: Give and Share..:)
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The eternal now is all filled it. Good point! Thank you, Fred!
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Ocean
Whole
Still Evolving
ALWaYs Next NoW..:)
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Great post as always
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Thank you, Sharon!
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Nice article
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