Hope

"Hope" Is The Thing With Feathers - a poem by Emily Dickinson "Hope" is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all - And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard - And sore must be the …

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“The One” or “Girl Finds Cello”

"The One" or "Girl Finds Cello" - a poem by Gregg Hake He leaned silently against the tired floor Which had heard so many songs before— Songs of victory and defeat, of love and of sorrow, Of war and of peace. A single rose sat upon his side, Vouchsafed by a fair maiden who in …

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Subtlety to the Simple

Subtlety to the Simple - a poem by Gregg Hake The simple things I wish to see, Free from all intricacy. For in them doth all wonders lie: The deep blue sea, the bright blue sky.

I Look Outside

"I Look Outside" - a poem by Gregg Hake I look outside from within― feeling, not seeing, accepting, not judging, giving, not taking. All beyond me is of me and I of it― for all is one, parts of a whole. One body of one mind, separate but distinct― conjoined in purpose, discrete in action. …

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