Sonnet to My Hopeless Ones

[Doug Gates]

Sonnets ftw

[Tania Runyan]

Sometimes you need something to contain all the feelings.

[Rosa Gilbert]

This is incredible. The imagery and form!!!

[Tania Runyan]

Thank you so much, Rosa! 🥰

[Margaret Ann Silver]

WOW.

"It’s time to boot the funeral flutes

and without shame amass an array

of scripts, therapists, and ceaseless brute

grace. Together, we will chart your way

for waking." and "Let’s start your gorgeous agony of healing." (!!!!)

[Tania Runyan]

Thank you so much, Margaret! A WOW is the best!

[Elizabeth]

Very powerful. Thank you.

[Tania Runyan]

Thank you for the kindness, Elizabeth!

[Megan Willome]

This story has always been important to my husband and me because he once worked at a nonprofit called Talitha Koum.

And these lines! Tania!

I get the terror of pure

presence, like falling headlong into bread

and wine.

[Tania Runyan]

Thank you so much, Megan! What a great name for a nonprofit!

[Jody L. Collins]

Oh Tania, wow.... these lines,

"Rise and feel the feelings.

Let’s start your gorgeous agony of healing."

[Tania Runyan]

Thank you so much, Jody!

[Kassi Wilson]

Loving this today!

[Tania Runyan]

Thank you, Kassi! I’m so glad!

[Unapaulagetic]

Perfect.

[Tania Runyan]

Many of my favorites are written whilst eating a Mediterranean Greens salad at Panera. Maybe they will hire me as a celebrity spokesperson.

[Darlene Moore Berg]

The last two lines!!!