Spiral Up by lorieanngrover on Polyvore
Spiral Up
I will build hope one
staircase on another and
climb from destruction.
Lorie Ann Grover, 2015
Spiral Up
I will build hope one
staircase on another and
climb from destruction.
Lorie Ann Grover, 2015
6 comments:
Very cool image and poem. Thank you!!
This reminds me of Langston Hughes' Crystal Staircase poem!
Thank you! Oh, yes, Mary Lee:
Mother to Son
BY LANGSTON HUGHES
Well, son, I’ll tell you:
Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
It’s had tacks in it,
And splinters,
And boards torn up,
And places with no carpet on the floor—
Bare.
But all the time
I’se been a-climbin’ on,
And reachin’ landin’s,
And turnin’ corners,
And sometimes goin’ in the dark
Where there ain’t been no light.
So boy, don’t you turn back.
Don’t you set down on the steps
’Cause you finds it’s kinder hard.
Don’t you fall now—
For I’se still goin’, honey,
I’se still climbin’,
And life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.
Wonderful Haiku!
Or senryu, actually!
Thank you, Donna! Now I know more. :)
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