Think and Drink: Hope

For our new term, we’re approaching topics through a different ‘door’; a different ‘way in’. Our term’s themes are inspired by a poetry anthology exploring themes that get right to the core of us as humans- that which speaks most intimately to who we are. From this, we’ve picked a poem and a theme each session to explore. Do have a read of the poem beforehand if you have the time (they’re all short!). We’ll use this as a springboard to get our discussion going!

***This week:* HOPE**

A vision of a future that propels us to keep living- our motor power. To rise up, keep going and hope again. A feeling; a virtue; a way of living; a craft? A deep intimate thing that may be too vulnerable to express at times, perhaps because we fear it being shut down by others or perhaps we fear it’s too wonderful to express in words- a true secret in us. Or perhaps our secret is we have very little hope?

**"The Darkling Thrush" by Thomas Hardy**

*'I leant upon a coppice gate*

*When Frost was spectre-gre