Kenneth R. Merrill Poet Imagism

Birds In Heaven

Will there be birds in Heaven?
I rather hope there are—
Feeding from angelic hands,
And swooping bout a star.

And I hope there is a garden,
Maybe too, a misty moor—
Or possibly a babbling brook,
Or some tract of savored shore.

Still, as long as I am musing
Of how Heaven ought to be—
Then may there be a snowy wood...
And of course, a blue-green sea!

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Suzanne Delaney July 9, 2019 at 8:32 PM Sounds like heaven to me, too. SuZ Kenneth R. Merrill July 9, 2019 at 9:49 PM Hi Suzanne. I want, hope or wish for heaven to be a tropical island with trade winds and a coral, turquoise sea—and God assigns me to tend to the animals—and poetry! Still, an emerald forest, a mirror lake and a vale of downy flake would be nice. I’ll see what I can do :)

Charmaine Chircop July 9, 2019 at 3:01 PM I love your kind of Heaven.Its the one I dream of too :) Kenneth R. Merrill July 9, 2019 at 4:37 PM Hi Charmaine. Call me weird, but the idea of gold streets and harps is disconcerting. Hawaii is my model of paradise. I could hang there forever :)