The New Jerusalem Comes Down to Earth

The New Jerusalem Comes Down to Earth

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Despite a vampire novel trying to

Describe what Paradise is like, despite

The sacred texts and sacred visions through

Millennia, despite Apostle height

On Patmos, I am not completely clear

What Paradise looks like.  But then again

I have a feeling that the atmosphere

Inside a sculptor’s studio demesne

Is heaven enough for him.  A painter’s view

Upon his easel, and beyond, supplies

Enough of visions to construe

For him through oils a glimpse of paradise.

  A poet at his laptop writes a line

    So jolting that it touches the divine.

~ Phillip Whidden

by phillipw | Aug 7, 2024 | Uncategorized | 0 comments