Saturday Haiku: Hope

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seeking signs of life
hope, the last thing that is lost,
strengthens those who search

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Photo from CNN: Search and Rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida.

On CNN's June 26 coverage of the collapsed condominium, correspondent Nick Valencia said, "If hope is the last thing that is lost, there is plenty of it here outside the Surfside community center." There are "poetry prompts" and then there are poetic attempts to speak to tragedy. The CNN reporter's phrase could lend itself to a number of poetic responses. 

A quick google search revealed that the phrase is from an Italian proverb, "Hope is the last thing ever lost." This week's haiku was written in response to the news.

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