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Free Verse · Hope

Choose Generously

by The QuillOak Editors

1Midnight will make its noise,

2but the year actually begins

3tomorrow, mid-morning,

4when you choose — quietly,

5over coffee, no fireworks —

6which of your old hopes

7gets to come along.

8Choose generously.

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Poem
Choose Generously
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
8 lines
Form
Free Verse
Themes
Hope, Life, Short

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QuillOak originalChoose Generously, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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