Aspiration

A note: for breathing.

When time cracks 

the crease of the last 

laugh to break 

the feathered frost 

of this pilgrim’s final 

hope, 

let me not miss 

the chance to look 

kindly 

on its teaching 

and laugh back.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

6 thoughts on “Aspiration”

  1. chrisbkm – Chris Morrison was born on the north shore of Lake Superior and currently lives by the Atlantic on the north shore of Nova Scotia, Canada.
    chrisbkm says:

    Amen.

  2. I love this so much. It pretty much covers it, don’t it?
    (And we March Madness fans may take heart; every team ‘loses’ but one.)

  3. Bartholomew Barker – Bartholomew Barker is an organizer of Living Poetry, where he has hosted monthly workshops for more than decade. His first poetry collection, Wednesday Night Regular, written in and about strip clubs, was published in 2013. His second, Milkshakes and Chilidogs, a chapbook of food inspired poetry was served in 2017. He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2021, 2024 & 2025 as well as the Best of the Net Anthology in 2024. His work has appeared in The Lake, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Panoply, Tipton Poetry Journal, the Gyroscope Review and the Naugatuck River Review among others.
    Bartholomew Barker says:

    Love those opening three lines. Great image!

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