New Year's Wish

My wish for you—

Hope as sharp as lion’s teeth
devouring all the concrete that buries you
until you can

unfurl yourself under the encouraging sun
and make your own wishes
fly far and wide.



Liner Notes for this Groove: This song is linked to Poets and Storyteller United's Friday Writing Prompt, Fascinating. I'm not sure how obscure this fact really is, but it always tickled me that the word dandelion originates from Latin meaning "lion's teeth".

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23 comments:

  1. Debra She Who SeeksJanuary 17, 2024 at 8:34 AM

    What a beautiful sentiment! I wish the same for you, Rommy!

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  2. Rosemary Nissen-WadeJanuary 18, 2024 at 1:43 AM

    A wonderful wish! And beautifully expressed. I'll take it on board, and send it back to you too.

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  3. Penelope NotesJanuary 19, 2024 at 5:13 AM

    Same wish back to you, Rommy! Sometimes hope can be made to sound insipid but not under your pen. I love the idea of it being so strong.

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    1. RommyJanuary 19, 2024 at 9:30 AM

      Hope is a lot more punk than people give it credit for.

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  4. RajaniJanuary 19, 2024 at 5:49 AM

    "concrete that buries you" took me to all the images of people buried under the rubble in Gaza... hope is much needed.... :(

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    1. RommyJanuary 19, 2024 at 9:31 AM

      That was not in my mind when I wrote this peace, but I can easily see how applicable that is. So much hope is needed, along with healthy dollops of sense.

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    2. RommyJanuary 19, 2024 at 9:33 AM

      I meant piece not peace... or did I? That's a heck of a Freudian slip.

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  5. colleenJanuary 19, 2024 at 9:13 AM

    I like to think of hope with sharp teeth!

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    1. RommyJanuary 19, 2024 at 9:34 AM

      Hope needs every last molar sharpened to meet the troubles of the world today.

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  6. JimJanuary 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM

    Do you remember the "Big Yellow Taxi" song? ""They paved paradise to put up a parking lot" and "Hey farmer, farmer, put away that DDT now" . . . written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970?
    ..

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    1. RommyJanuary 21, 2024 at 9:00 AM

      I know there was a cover of that song by Counting Crows. I didn't know Joni Mitchell was the original artist.

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2024 at 11:48 PM

    Remember it well! On JM's web site someone posted a long rant in praise of DDT below that song. I added a succinct one about the Vicious Spray Cycle...

    It seems like such a silly little song, and she *sang* it like a throwaway line. And it sticks in people's heads. For fifty years!

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    1. RommyJanuary 21, 2024 at 9:01 AM

      That is a line that definitely hangs out in the brain forever.

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  8. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM

    I'm not anonymous, I'm Priscilla King, and I wish you the same and many more.

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  9. debiJanuary 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM

    Thank you for the New Year's wishes and right back at you. A hope that devours fear is a wonderful thought.

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  10. purplepeninportland.comJanuary 26, 2024 at 8:41 PM

    Thank you for this lovely wish, and know I wish you the same.

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  11. Magaly GuerreroFebruary 2, 2024 at 1:48 PM

    You, my dearest friend, wish the best wishes.

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