Ruth Esther Gilmore

This is the Year of Hope and Peace
Haiku, Senryū, and other poetry forms – Collection

Book cover designed by Ruth Esther Gilmore
Book cover: The window in the St. John’s
Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh
Geest-Verlag, Vechta-Langförden 2022
ISBN 978-3-86685-885-5

272 S., 12,80 Euro

STEPPING OUT WITH HOPE

Ingrained in the woods
revived by a requested
poetry session

guided by the badge
of purpose and fortitude
serenely smiling

rescued from boredom
along the brackish coastline
hewn out of rough oak

a defiant nymph
in order to read a book
stepped out with her hope