Here is Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #303. We are to write a senryu, a haiku-like form of poetry, and one of my favorites!
fearful decisions
negative consequences
when hope’s forgotten
Here is Colleen Chesebro’s Weekly Poetry Challenge #303. We are to write a senryu, a haiku-like form of poetry, and one of my favorites!
fearful decisions
negative consequences
when hope’s forgotten
That hits us where we live!
Thank, Liz! It’s too easy to do lately.
It sure is.
A lot of wisdom in your senyru, Denise!
Thanks, Priscilla! Easy to forget that hope.
Very powerful, Denise. A great reminder of the importance of hope!
There’s a lot to those three lines, Denise.
Thanks, Jacqui 🙂 There sure is!
Better to rid the spirit of fear and make calm decisions than act rashly. Great poem, Denise!
Yvette M Calleiro 🙂
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That is so true, Yvette 🙂 Thank you!
When hope’s forgotten… Powerful line, Denise, full of tension and frightening consequences. Well done!
Thank you, Gwen 🙂 It can be frightening without it!
Well-done Denise! Hope keeps us going ahead.
Thanks, Balroop 🙂 Yes it does!
Wonderful, Denise! 💕🙂
Thank you, Harmony!
Powerful! No other words to describe it. Well-done, Denise.
Thanks, Karen 🙂 Hope is very powerful.
Need to keep hope alive for when we lose that one…
Lovely. Thanks so much. XoXo
We sure do need to keep it alive, Selma. Thank you!
Short but very powerful, Denise. We must maintain hope at all costs!
Thank you, Jan 🙂 We definitely do!
Very powerful, Denise!
Thank you, Joan 🙂
Very powerful piece <3
Thank you 🙂
Hope is the anchor that holds our faith. Beautiful, Denise.
That it is true, Jacquie 🙂 Thank you!
Hope is a thread we all seem to be hanging by at this time. Good one.
Pat
We sure are, Pat! Thank you 🙂
Ripples linger from them for a long time also…
Yes, they do, great point 🙂
So powerful and poignant, Denise! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Thank you, Natalie 🙂 xo
I can’t even imagine our lives without hope… this is very powerful, Denise. 🧡
I can’t either, Colleen.
HI Denise, a great poem. This challenge has produced some fantastic poems. I am bowled over.
Thanks, Robbie 🙂 I’m eager to go read them all this weekend.
A perfect senryu on the human condition 👏🕉
Thank you 🙂 Always have to find that hope.
Oh yes! When we are unsure of our decisions and goes wrong. It’s a horrible feeling.
It sure is, Elizabeth!
Oh gosh, Denise… this is a heavy senryu – it really makes my heart feel laden. Well written.
~David
Thanks, David. All is good with hope.
Hope is a valuable resource everyone should have. 🙂
I completely agree, Jules 🙂