Wednesday, October 28, 2015

New Hope

New Hope

"A Depression" Roosevelt calls it.
Neither work nor food, nor hope.
Hunger claws the soul like a drowning beast, scrambling for air.
Stoop-shouldered desperate men with hollow eyes, standing in line.
Wait, there is a man with soup...and bread!
"Hey, Buddy..."

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24 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    I love it of course as I always do. Aaand, you made the grid AGAIN! Congratulations and good luck! :D

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    1. Joe OrmerodOctober 28, 2015 at 11:34 AM

      I won't know that until Thursday when voting opens, until then I have my fingers crossed. Thank you for reading and sharing!!!

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  2. UnknownOctober 28, 2015 at 11:40 AM

    I can totally picture it! :)

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  3. AnonymousOctober 28, 2015 at 11:57 AM

    Again this is foreplay without the sealing the deal! Argh!
    Let me know when voting opens.

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    1. Joe OrmerodOctober 28, 2015 at 12:19 PM

      And here I always thought foreplay was one of the best parts! Voting is on Thursday until 10 pm EST
      Be sure to read all entries and vote for your 3 favorites or it won't count!

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  4. CindyOctober 28, 2015 at 3:54 PM

    Love it.

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  5. UnknownOctober 28, 2015 at 5:08 PM

    Amazing how even the smallest thing like food, when in short supply, becomes as precious as gold. You captured the desperation of the depression brilliantly. Your imagery is on point Joe. The excitement you captured in the line "Wait, there is a man with soup...and bread" is palpable. That glimmer of hope begins to shimmer through the dark in that last line. Nice job! ♥

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  6. Jasbir Kaur Dalip (Beeray)October 29, 2015 at 4:35 AM

    I remember reading about how life was during the great famine in Ireland. This sort of depression is the worst kind and I pray it remains as a history lesson

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    1. Joe OrmerodOctober 29, 2015 at 3:36 PM

      Thank you for reading Jasbir! I hope you are right.

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  7. queenb330October 29, 2015 at 7:05 AM

    This is very moving. It's hard to think what those people went through, and some still are today.

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    1. Joe OrmerodOctober 29, 2015 at 3:37 PM

      Thank you queenb330, not hard to see why the generation that lived through the depression were so frugal with things. They had so little.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 29, 2015 at 11:26 AM

    Very evocative. I especially liked the line, "Neither work nor food, nor hope."

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    1. Joe OrmerodOctober 29, 2015 at 3:39 PM

      Many thanks, silverleafjournal glad you liked it.

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  9. Shailaja VOctober 29, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    One can only imagine the despair of that time and you've captured it so well.

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    1. Joe OrmerodOctober 29, 2015 at 3:41 PM

      Thank you Shailaja, I can only imagine how hopeless it all seemed. I'm glad I was able to convey that.

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  10. Shailaja VOctober 29, 2015 at 12:55 PM

    One can only imagine the despair of that time and you've captured it so well.

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  11. TMWHickmanOctober 29, 2015 at 4:54 PM

    What a vivid picture of that time!

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  12. tracie c.November 1, 2015 at 4:39 AM

    very good!!!

    my grandparents knew the depression.
    my grandma says... ''i can't sit with those old people at the union hall they all want to talk about old times. the good old days, my ass. there wasn't anything good about being dirt poor and starving.''

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    1. Joe OrmerodNovember 2, 2015 at 4:11 AM

      Thanks for stopping in Tracie! I'm glad you liked it! My Grandmother lived through it, and I heard many a story. Come back for next week's challenge...
      See ya then...

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