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"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful.  At the same time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.

 


Hope is a Subtle Glutton – 13 April 2009
By Mary T. Hoffman

Here is another poem about “hope” by Emily Dickinson: “Hope is a Subtle Glutton.” (Her other poem about “hope” starts out with the words: “Hope is the Thing with Feathers.”)

Hope is a Subtle Glutton
Emily Dickinson
(10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886)

Hope is a subtle glutton;
He feeds upon the fair;
And yet, inspected closely,
What abstinence is there!

His is the halcyon table
That never seats but one,
And whatsoever is consumed
The same amounts remain.
 
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