Acrostic · Hope

H-O-P-E (an Acrostic)

by The QuillOak Editors

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1Hold on — not to how it was,

2Only to what it still could be;

3Plant something small in the wreckage,

4Expect it, against the odds, to grow.

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Poem: H-O-P-E (an Acrostic)
Poet: The QuillOak Editors
Length: 4 lines
Form: Acrostic, Short Poems
Themes: Hope, Inspirational, Short

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Shape: 4 lines · one 4-line stanza
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Acrostic Short Poems Hope Inspirational Short

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