Friday, April 07, 2023

THE WHOLE EARTH IS HAUNTED WITH THE HOLY GHOST(FINAL VERSION)

 

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,

as in Dante's resplendent rose, so Heaven

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 awake;
Spring, filled with carols,
in the exultant snows.
mary angela douglas `13 november 2021;7 april 2023

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