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Mobile Art Saturday Poetry – The Power of Hope Today – Gabrielle Marshall

This weeks Saturday Poetry, matched with mobile photography/art is entitled ‘The Power of Hope Today’ by Gabrielle Marshall. She is a seventh-grader from Virginia. Her poem The Power of Hope Today was the third-place winner of the 2021 Inaugural Poem Contest for Students.

Of her poem, judge Richard Blanco said, ‘Reminiscent of Emily Dickinsons famous poem, Hope is the thing with feathers, Gabrielle Marshallreaffirms the enduring and unwavering power of our nations hopes, which never abandons us, even during these trying times’.

I have matched artwork by @rosaliehellerphotography with this poem entitled ‘Ocean City Maryland’.

You can view her Instagram feed here.

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via Poets.org

The Power of Hope Today – Gabrielle Marshall

Todays hope is a flickering candle that dwells ina snow-dusted window,

circulating the prayers of Christmas mornings.

Todays hope is the crisp daffodil in colorless photos,

containing the soul of a small

child,

who only wishes and knows of

peace and love.

Todays hope is the sparkling eyes that

truly believe in achieving

anything to reach unity.

Todays hope is the palm to palm connection

bracing each other for the climb neither expected,

but couldnt abandon.

Todays hope is peering

beyond

the lingering barrier,

but still recognizing the diversity in ourselves.

Todays hope has been dimmed and tossed recklessly,

but still generously stays with us,

for we cannot help but come back

like wide eyed children to candy.

We are said to be weak to rely on such strength,

but we are only believers.

That spark

That gives science a baffled case

And oceans an infinite plane,

is the eagle that dips

and soars

and fights,

which stands for

the hope of

today.

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Joanne Carter BA (Hons), ARPS is a British photographer, photography journalist, editor and curator, and the founder and editorial director of TheAppWhisperer.com, an independent international photography publication established in 2009.She holds a First Class Honours degree in Photography and is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS).Her journalism, criticism and editorial work have appeared in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Vogue Italia, LensCulture, Popular Photography and NikonPro, among other international publications.Through TheAppWhisperer, she brings together academic knowledge, professional photographic expertise and more than 17 years of specialist editorial experience to examine contemporary photography, mobile imaging, computational photography, photographic applications and emerging imaging technologies.