Tuesday, July 2, 2019

HOPE, MY JOY (ESPERANÇA, A MINHA ALEGRIA), a poem by Sonja N. Bohm

With every breath
that lacked joy,
I gathered memories
like wildflowers,
and formed a wreath
to adorn my head.

Parede, Portugal
2 July 2019

Computer-generated image, 2025.

"Hope, My Joy" ("Esperança, a Minha Alegria") Copyright © 2021 by Sonja N. Bohm. All rights reserved. First published in Poemas do Jardim (Poems from the Garden): Bilingual Poems in Portuguese and English (2021).