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Rod Drought is the author of five poetry collections that span the first half of his life in a small New York town to his later years in Arizona. Drought is a brother, father, grandfather, and decent friend. The author’s work can be found at droughtsthirst.com. Phoenix Rising, Lemuria Down is his first novel.                                                                                                                                                             

Eternal Hope

 

Winter I thought you dead

Lifeless under frost

My own body coiled

Under blankets frost thin

 

Heartbreak aches in cold

But still beats sallow, deep

Subsist under curled leaves

In naked forest sermons

 

But days grow by minutes

Given the slightest coax

Impudent shoots push

Through the softened skin

 

Miraculous blood flow

Glacier covers break from bed

I rise slow awakened

Eager buds on every twig

From out stretched hands

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