Comments on: Poem #39: My Hope http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/ Trevor Hampel's Blog about Writing, Literature and Teaching Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:04:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Armani http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-199450 Armani Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:39:48 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/#comment-199450 I'm in the tenth grade at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia and I've looked at a few of your poems and I was wondering, is it best to start to write poems before going straight to a big novel? I’m in the tenth grade at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia and I’ve looked at a few of your poems and I was wondering, is it best to start to write poems before going straight to a big novel?

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]]> By: Trevor http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-32450 Trevor Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:54:20 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/#comment-32450 Thanks for your kind words John. You are right about it fitting the tune of that wonderful old hymn. Not surprising really - I deliberately wrote the poem in a regular metre (iambic tetrameter if you are interested) as an exercise for a poetry writing unit I am doing at Tabor College for my MA in Creative Writing. These four verses were specifically written to post on my writing blog for Good Friday. I am hoping to expand this significantly over coming days. By end of term have to submit a 50-100 line poem and this would be a good start. I am thinking of broadening the scope of the poem to include more of the life of Christ. Not sure if I can sustain the metre and rhyme for that long - that's the challenge. Easter will be a quiet time at home for us. Life can be hectic and this is a chance to slow down. Might even take out time to watch the birds. Thanks for your kind words John.

You are right about it fitting the tune of that wonderful old hymn. Not surprising really – I deliberately wrote the poem in a regular metre (iambic tetrameter if you are interested) as an exercise for a poetry writing unit I am doing at Tabor College for my MA in Creative Writing.

These four verses were specifically written to post on my writing blog for Good Friday. I am hoping to expand this significantly over coming days. By end of term have to submit a 50-100 line poem and this would be a good start. I am thinking of broadening the scope of the poem to include more of the life of Christ. Not sure if I can sustain the metre and rhyme for that long – that’s the challenge.

Easter will be a quiet time at home for us. Life can be hectic and this is a chance to slow down. Might even take out time to watch the birds.

]]> By: John Tongue http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-32448 John Tongue Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:21:20 +0000 http://www.trevorhampel.com/poem-39-my-hope/#comment-32448 Hi Trevor, This is great! It would almost fit to the tune of "On Christ the Solid Rock I stand", too. Hope Easter is a really special time of reflection and contemplation. John T. Hi Trevor,
This is great! It would almost fit to the tune of “On Christ the Solid Rock I stand”, too.

Hope Easter is a really special time of reflection and contemplation.

John T.

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