hope
— A dialogue poem between two voices moves from invitation to fly, through a refugee's plea for help, to a declaration of collective strength and resistance.
— A bilingual poem imagines a song the world needs — one that sounds like hope, teaches strength, and moves like water.
— An elk wades through winter snow and calls to the sky, promising that spring will return to transform the frozen landscape.
— A girl plants magical colorful flowers in her gray town that's been mourning a hurricane, transforming it from grief to hope despite the mayor's opposition.
— A 12-year-old wrestles with her sense of obligation to fight climate change, questioning whether individual actions matter while affirming her commitment to future generations.
— After Earth's population flees to Mars, an eight-year-old boy is accidentally left behind. Eight years later, on his sixteenth birthday, he discovers another forgotten teenager.
— A meditation on trust through two contrasting images: a dog with a chess piece and the persistence of hope despite love's impermanence.
— A brief meditation on seeking shelter when life becomes difficult, using the metaphor of running downhill in a storm to find a cave with light.
— Hope personified as an ambiguous companion who guides the speaker across treacherous terrain while knowing them intimately.
— A young poet imagines a love drawing that awaits completion when the right hearts find each other, expressing patient hope for connection.