Hope is Dancing James Roethlein Lying alone each night, empty arms aching,all the while hope is dancing hope is dancing hope is dancing in my dreamswhen I’m awake I would seek to seethe sunshine in your facethe heavens in your eyesand to hear the melodic honey of your lipsthat would turn my lemonade soul sweet.
And I would hopeAnd I would hopeAnd I would hopeyou’d dance duet with meall the years we have left.

More from James Roethlein ↓

• @jroeth71 on Instagram
• His books: Musing on the Cricket Game of Life Part 1 1/2 (2018), An Extravagant Way of Saying Nothing (2020), Letters to Roxanne (2022), and Writing With Scissors (2022)

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Write After: National Poetry Month with One Poem Only

Write After is a way to encourage poets to listen and write, and use National Poetry Month to highlight how listening to poetry makes us better poets. I know I write the best when I’m surrounded by beautiful poetry–it’s part of the reason I created this podcast, and I want to encourage others to share this practice.

We'll get started in April. You can share to #WriteAfterOPO.

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