The Whole Earth Is Haunted With The Holy Ghost

the whole earth is haunted with the Holy Ghost

with all that loved us most

seeking in us, forever, the lost Edens

the more vivid greens, the heartfelt blues

laced with clouds laced with clouds;

God's name aloud, aloud and ringing.

the whole earth is haunted with the

beauty that was to be

beauty becoming, ever more beautiful, by degrees,

ever more

beautiful;singing

that Christ, for our sake endured the cross

and in its wake arose.

He arose.

let all the colours be transposed

and earth washed clean and clear

so dear, my dear

that His image in us may again appear

and joy, that desultory bird ring out again;

Spring, filled with carols,

in the exultant snows.

mary angela douglas `13 november 2021

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