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A Dream, a Glorious Trip To Heaven

A Dream, A Glorious Trip To Heaven

That laugh with the soft soothing breeze
Floating with such an easy ease
Bit strange, almost a mystery
Ghost like, like a lost ship at sea
O'my is that a sailor there
And another makes it a pair
I can see their long searching faces
O' my they go to other places
Now on deck on a flying star
I wonder, I wonder how far
Could this be just another dream
The great imagery makes it seem
Am I floating aloof right now
But Lord, bless my soul as to how?

Yes, now just ahead golden gates.
Heaven rich and fine, am I late?

Robert J. Lindley, Jan. 11th 1971
Sonnet- 16 verses

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Christina Bowring

Date: 8/24/2023 4:11:00 PM

Such a great, well written sonnet Robert. Great imagery. Really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing. Blessings to you.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/24/2023 4:39:00 PM

Thank you, my friend. I appreciate your kind words. God bless you.

Bj Legros Kelley

Date: 8/18/2023 10:52:00 PM

Wow, such a great poem from a seventeen-year-old Robert. I remember having dreams, and sometimes they were so very real to me back then, sometime, honestly, I still wonder about them. I'm glad you have poems from that time in your life, quite a serious poem. An awesome write, especially from one so young.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/19/2023 4:46:00 AM

Thank you, my friend. Yes, I think it is a good plan for we poets to write about our dreams. As I have done that for 52 years now. Dreams make wonderful fodder for poetry. Even if they seem absolutely crazy they still are good subjects/themes for poetry. God bless.

Ink Empress

Date: 8/18/2023 12:00:00 PM

This seems like a dream for sure, definitely a very euphoric state of mind, or maybe one where you were emotionally in a heavenly. I always love a poem with many questions and your sonnet does have that. And i must highlight the imagery and rhymes. And this also somehow, is a way of imagining what and how it would feel finally reaching gates of heaven. I would like to know from your words what your thoughts were at 17 when you wrote this, gifted poet you are

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/19/2023 4:44:00 AM

I was when writing that one wondering about death and getting to Heaven. My father had died on about a year and a half before. His death changed me greatly. Turned me against this dark world for a very, very long time my friend. God bless you.

The Situation

Date: 8/17/2023 5:46:00 PM

Then I see the wort Trip and it explains alot. good work.

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/17/2023 5:52:00 PM

Thank you, my friend. At 17 years old I had gotten a bit more serious about my poetry.. I wrote about things that came to me in dreams and in real life as well. God bless you.

Bill Baker

Date: 8/17/2023 5:14:00 PM

The dream of heaven brought us this Sonnet. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and dreams with us, Robert. A poet friend in Texas, Bill

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/17/2023 5:50:00 PM

Thank you, my friend. Yes, this was composed from a dream I had back then. God bless you..

Silent One

Date: 8/17/2023 12:59:00 PM

You have always written sonnets so well and this one is no exception.. it rhymes and flows so well . Nice to see you still writing my friend..

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/17/2023 3:23:00 PM

Thank you, my good friend. I am so glad to see you have returned. I just back recently myself. This sonnet I composed at age 17. Iwas just starting to get serious about poetry back then. God bless.

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 8/17/2023 9:07:00 AM

A beautiful dream/trip/write. Dreams can take us many places. Have a blessed day..............

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/17/2023 3:14:00 PM

Thank you, my friend. Yes, that is so true, dreams are mental images we create while asleep. Sometimes they seem so real. God bless.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 8/17/2023 9:00:00 AM

- A beautiful poem, by young Robert :) - hugs

Robert Lindley
Date: 8/17/2023 3:06:00 PM

Thank you, my friend. Yes, I was quite young when I wrote this one. I was just 17 years old. Just starting to think more seriously about composing poetry. God bless.