A beautiful poem full of hope for a new season. Because we need every small grain of hope we can get.
For the New Year, 1981
by Denise Levertov
I have a small grain of hope–
one small crystal that gleams
clear colors out of transparency.
I need more.
I break off a fragment
to send to you.
Please take
this grain of a grain of hope
so that mine won’t shrink.
Please share your fragment
so that yours will grow.
Only so, by division,
will hope increase,
like a clump of irises, which will cease to flower
unless you distribute
the clustered roots, unlikely source–
clumsy and earth-covered–
of grace.
This poem would be great to memorize with your children and add to your repertoire. Here’s to every small grain of hope!
Love this.
Here’s to lighting one candle at a time. Happy Candlemas Day Jean! (And Happy Groundhog Day too).
xo
One candle at a time. And we’ll each light ours today or this week in our own homes, and somehow all of our lights will find each other and make the world a brighter place! So glad we can “see” each other’s lights far in the geographic distance.
Lovely!