‘Desire’: A Golden Shovel Poem after Langston Hughes’ ‘Dream,’ by Lucia Haase

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Desire

“Hold fast to dreams
for if dreams die
life is a broken-winged bird
that cannot fly.”

—Langston Hughes, ‘Dreams’

To have, to HOLD
what’s going FAST
in longing TO
capture my DREAMS,

I’m looking FOR
and wonder IF
I’ll find these DREAMS
before I DIE

For such is LIFE
sometimes it IS
a song of A
record BROKEN—

But I am WINGED
as though a BIRD
in a bough THAT
sings, “You CANNOT
forget to FLY.

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Lucia Haase has several books of poetry published and was recently included in a poetry anthology titled Symphonies of the Wild Hearted available on Amazon.com.  She also recently had poetry accepted by several publications including Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, The Long Islander, Nostalgia Press, The Raven’s Perch, and POEM publication. She lives in Spring Valley, Illinois.