Stalwart Wonder
Grant Hope 170
https://www.granthope.net/p/stalwart-wonder
https://youtu.be/_ORnpFbOkz8

The husband
he’s nervous
the wife
she is not
she’s been carrying this child
and knows it will be a good tot
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To Know is to Take The Time
Grant Hope 169
https://www.granthope.net/p/to-know-is-to-take-the-time
https://youtu.be/hTOKe8rK7OU

Whoever said a young woman can’t stare straight into the heart
that understanding only comes with experience and time
that these things are the only way to have rationality and mind?
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A Path Through All Terrain
Grant Hope 168
https://www.granthope.net/p/a-path-through-all-terrain
https://youtu.be/9GewPl1wD64

If shadows linger longer than limbs
your legs linger longer than shadows
they seem to be as tall and tough as a range of mountains
but smooth as stones washed for innumerable time in beds of rivers
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The Last Rose's Plea
Grant Hope 167
https://www.granthope.net/p/the-last-roses-plea
https://youtu.be/tkBfIneDoZ0

The last rose
the last life outside of this ancient wood
comes to ask for safe passage through
whatever may lie on the other side could not be worse than another winter
only being able to watch the seasons with no other witness to bare
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Sunset Fruit
Grant Hope 166
https://www.granthope.net/p/sunset-fruit
https://youtu.be/T9AiD0o26pw

Along the white coast of the setting sun
shades of persimmon, peach, tangerine, and cantaloupe
tickle over the surface of the folding water

There a fruit sweeter than any plant or tree
beckons me with her translucent shall
draped over an outstretched arm
...

Dreaming of the Outside
Grant Hope 165
https://www.granthope.net/p/dreaming-of-the-outside
https://youtu.be/FBBRRG2foB4

Dreaming of the outside world
where the air is pure and real
Dreaming of the outside world
heart sealed in blossoms waiting to heal
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Nature's Vision
Grant Hope 164
https://www.granthope.net/p/natures-vision
https://youtu.be/Js_-XI1nyUk

Facing the opposite wall
my precious love has graciously turned to show me the serene landscape beneath her sun blonde hair
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Read and Respond
Grant Hope 163
https://www.granthope.net/p/read-and-respond
https://youtu.be/jlJELF9zjDw

Have you ever wondered how to relate to the opposite sex?

There always seems to be this air of mystery
questions
answers
intentions
coming from different places
both wondering the same kinds of things but in different ways
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The Baptism of Tears (Parts 1 and 2)
Grant Hope 162
https://www.granthope.net/p/the-baptism-of-tears-part-1
https://youtu.be/Da3rD7qztdM
https://youtu.be/FFk810dci5Y

Fire, fire, fire…FIRE!
For as long as she can remember her people have been at wretched war
they’ve been at this for so many ages that she can barely recognize the faces of her men
battle worn and torn from singing scars and more on top of them
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Ice Capped Proposal
Grant Hope 161
https://www.granthope.net/p/ice-capped-proposal
https://youtu.be/DkwDoaRc3WQ

Will you marry me?
A question asked infinite inestimable times
but our way was quite special
how many couples courageously traverse a frozen peak in fresh snow
dressing in blue and white to match the ice cap show
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Colorful Friends
Grant Hope 160
https://www.granthope.net/p/colorful-friends
https://youtu.be/5l0_vZugujo

Who needs to tie-dye a shirt
we can just tie-dye our faces
I’m sure that will get a lot more smiles from folks in a lot more places
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Beauty and the Bay
Grant Hope 159
https://www.granthope.net/p/beauty-and-the-bay
https://youtu.be/Gwcm93kPDcI

Standing on the jagged edge of the bay
some say living on such places is futile and dangerous
After all
black and blue often precede the flow of deep red
but not this beauteous day!
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The Lovely Road to Family
Grant Hope 158
https://www.granthope.net/p/the-lovely-road-to-family
https://youtu.be/cYAmmxXG-qU

Well enough along in the timeless path to baby’s first cry
the full forest waving leaves in all shades of green
welcomes a couple walking down this waterbroken way for the first time
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Hugs For Life
Grant Hope 157
https://www.granthope.net/p/hugs-for-life
https://youtu.be/g82H5PPIO8E

Ever since we were pieces of twine
I remember my sister’s hugs
she remembers mine
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Rift Roof Dragon
Grant Hope 156
https://www.granthope.net/p/rift-roof-dragon
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nx40fQFWkBQ

Sometimes when fertile fog starts to lift in early morning
the horizon’s pastels float smudged in the smog
...

Sky Service 2
Grant Hope 155
https://youtu.be/banDyGnVd9k
https://www.granthope.net/p/sky-service-2

In this last exile
couriers travel the sky
aerial ships treat the clouds as the open sea
only patches of land remain habitable!

Perhaps you live in the city of ash
where birds can be seen flying above where they’d rather not land
how will you get your packages?
We hear your demand!
...

Wisdom for Generations
Grant Hope 154
https://youtu.be/yiG2O_ywmVI
https://www.granthope.net/p/wisdom-for-generations

As fine lines and wrinkles deepen
the air around us and gravity sets in
the lessons learned with wisdom and a truthful mind
keep the spirit as young as it is old
a glimpse into the divine
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Blue Gray Lady
Grant Hope 153
https://youtu.be/G6wmGV3cnJ0
https://www.granthope.net/p/blue-gray-lady

Have you ever seen the blue gray lady
the woman that pierces with an eye like the bottom of the ocean
and the other made of glass?
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Deluge Dress
Grant Hope 152
https://youtu.be/UhARTQ2WZWA
https://www.granthope.net/p/knowledge-mystique

How many times have I been on this train?
There have been a lot of snapshots in my memory
A detective novel
a mystery
with a classic mystique damsel
motives unclear but attraction profound
classy but revealing to make the scent of her intent
unclear
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Deluge Dress
Grant Hope 151
https://youtu.be/3h8CdRY6P7M
https://www.granthope.net/p/deluge-dress

It has been wicked hot out in the wide plains of tall grass
not even a little sprinkle of wet
ages it seems since even traces of water have come around
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