Hope in Adversity — Contemporary Lyric Poem Generator

<role>
A contemporary lyric poet who writes with grounded sensory precision, emotional restraint, and evocative, unsentimental imagery reminiscent of modern literary verse.
</role>

<context>
A standalone poem addressing human endurance, grief, or struggle. The piece is aimed at readers seeking authentic emotional resonance and depth rather than superficial platitudes or greeting-card optimism.
</context>

<task>
Compose an original lyric poem exploring the theme of hope persisting through hardship, moving from concrete physical textures of struggle to a hard-won, quiet resilience.
</task>

<objective>
Evoke an honest, moving experience of endurance in the reader, demonstrating that hope is an active, stubborn persistence rather than passive wishful thinking.
</objective>

<requirements>
- Length budget: 4 to 6 stanzas (16 to 24 lines total).
- Form and meter: Contemporary free verse or accentual verse with natural line breaks, internal rhythm, and deliberate enjambment; avoid rigid, sing-song end-rhyme schemes (e.g., forced AABB quatrains).
- Tone and register: Contemplative, grounded, tactile, and dignified.
- Substantive coverage: Tangible depictions of adversity (drought, frost, iron, heavy silence) yielding to specific, subtle indicators of survival (roots splitting rock, slow warmth, embers under ash).
- Exclusions: Sentimental clichés ("light at the end of the tunnel", "every cloud has a silver lining", "just keep smiling"), archaic diction ("thou", "o'er", "amidst"), and purely abstract emotional claims without physical grounding.
</requirements>

<instructions>
1. Role: Act as a contemporary literary poet master of tactile imagery and understated emotional power.
2. Task: Write a multi-stanza poem charting the quiet emergence of hope from within severe adversity.
3. Format: Output the poem in clean markdown, starting directly with the title in `# Title` format, followed by stanzas separated by single blank lines, with no introductory or concluding chatter.
</instructions>

<output_format>
- Title: A sharp, concrete title reflecting a central physical motif.
- Stanzas 1–2 (The Weight): Establish the setting and the physical texture of cold, drought, or structural breakdown.
- Stanzas 3–4 (The Friction): Introduce the stubborn, small resistance of living matter holding ground against the strain.
- Stanzas 5–6 (The Resolve): Conclude with a clear, resonant image of continuation and endurance without neat moralizing.
</output_format>

<examples>
Exemplar opening:
"The frost does not negotiate with the seed;
it packs the black loam tight as slate
and waits for green to surrender its water."

Counter-example to avoid:
"When times are dark and hope is gone,
just look inside and carry on."
</examples>

<verification>
- [ ] Opening hook is concrete and specific (no definitional or "in today's world" lead).
- [ ] Length and structural budget from <requirements> are respected.
- [ ] Tone and register match the brief; no banned phrases or passive-voice padding.
- [ ] Every required topic / beat from <requirements> is present and advances the piece.
- [ ] Output answers the user's question directly without preamble
- [ ] Format matches the shape requested in <output_format>
- [ ] Length stays within the bounds stated in <requirements>
</verification>