tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251019136848966979.post3275389350642480727..comments2023-06-01T03:09:57.065-07:00Comments on Jean LeBlanc Poetry: "No Hope" Is Not the Same As Without HopeJean LeBlanchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08930168194630135817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251019136848966979.post-88709763490748937662017-01-27T06:42:54.172-08:002017-01-27T06:42:54.172-08:00Magyar, please do not be concerned with such thing...Magyar, please do not be concerned with such things as "status." We are all poets here, and, more importantly, we all care about our world and one another. As soon as I posted my blog entry about hope this morning, I began to worry that I was engaging in cultural privilege...only a comfortable, safe person in a relatively stable environment can indulge thoughts of a life without hope. But I decided to leave my post up and continue on this idea in a later post. I think I am really looking for something to call this new type of "looking forward" that those of us living in the United States at this particular moment in history need. "Hope" alone doesn't feel like it's enough any more. Those are my broad-not-deep thoughts. Thank you for your comment and for letting me continue the conversation!Jean LeBlanchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930168194630135817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251019136848966979.post-26432222583908743522017-01-27T06:31:33.700-08:002017-01-27T06:31:33.700-08:00Juxtaposition.
__ I'm aware I am not of your s...Juxtaposition.<br />__ I'm aware I am not of your status nor will I ever be, but within my contraries of converse or negative thoughts, I can create that search for hope that we all seek. This I scribbled when I was fifteen years old, and that, during the winter of 1958.<br /><br />The world in in my hands,<br />Mine are scarred and stained<br />By the gashes and blood of past mistakes.<br />But.<br />The future will cleanse and cure them,<br />To preserve the evil that lies within me,<br />For without evil, there can be no good<br />And good is the blood of humanity.<br />_mMagyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.com