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 dreams

when I’m awake I would seek to see

the sunshine in your face

the heavens in your eyes

and to hear the melodic honey of your lips

that would turn my lemonade soul sweet.

And I would hope

And I would hope

And I would hope

you’d dance duet with me

all 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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