Hope br Not wind ~ but breeze br Not boat ~ but raft br Not fact ~ but presumption br Yet evident br and constant br ... if I but consent br to keep on trying br br br Mary Havran br br (Written when poet was eleven years old) br br A note to the reader: I have recently spent some time revisiting my earliest poetic efforts and upon br Reflection have decided to post some on this sit. Poems whose titles are prefixed with the designation “zPt” are poems written during my preteen years. I hope you find them interesting.