(10 December 1830 – 15 May 1886 / Amherst / Massachusetts)

poet Emily Dickinson
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"Heaven" has different Signs—to me

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"Heaven" has different Signs—to me—
Sometimes, I think that Noon
Is but a symbol of the Place—
And when again, at Dawn,

A mighty look runs round the World
And settles in the Hills—
An Awe if it should be like that
Upon the Ignorance steals—

The Orchard, when the Sun is on—
The Triumph of the Birds
When they together Victory make—
Some Carnivals of Clouds—

The Rapture of a finished Day—
Returning to the West—
All these—remind us of the place
That Men call "paradise"—

Itself be fairer—we suppose—
But how Ourself, shall be
Adorned, for a Superior Grace—
Not yet, our eyes can see—

Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003


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  • ~~ Lyda ~~ (11/23/2012 7:07:00 PM)

    Maybe she was thinking about an Utopia......She does think though that heaven while living is a place unseen.

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  • Anna Sriwahyuni (7/8/2012 5:39:00 PM)

    i believed, it's very be supposed to in beauty life of nature, so nice, ,

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  • Karen Sinclair (7/8/2012 5:11:00 AM)

    Heaven is right here right now, whilst we are lucky enough to relish nature.....a wonderful ode...

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  • Bryce Edward Coast (7/8/2010 10:39:00 AM)

    The beautiful side of mother nature~of what our eyes see here on Earth~ are but semblances of a place we can only imagine~Heaven

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  • Ramesh T A (7/8/2010 8:43:00 AM)

    Lovely poem about heaven on Earth is wonderfully written for the reading pleasure of all!

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  • Saadat Tahir (7/8/2010 5:22:00 AM)

    clearly Emily holds creation in awe... she is mesmerised by the mundane and ordinary yet beautiful
    she sees signs of a reincarnation at a different level, in day to day happenings
    she speaks of the presence of GOD or the ultimate being...and the meaning of loife and death on a deeper level..
    the poem is so fluid and charming.... in simplicity it is unmatched, so is the content...
    a culmination of poetic discourse, i d say
    abso amazing

    cheers to her... a celebrated poetess par excellence

    sat

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  • Manonton Dalan (7/8/2010 3:48:00 AM)

    i guess she's trying to describe heaven to things
    availble to us and has a reservation of something
    we haven't seen.

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  • JOSEPH POEWHIT (7/8/2010 12:27:00 AM)

    Dickinson, presented the infinite creation of GOD, in few words. Creator of the sun and dust speck earth. Giving rein to a future of uncountable beauty, in a higher realm of GODS abounding future.

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  • Dana Pienica (2/26/2010 3:56:00 PM)

    Maybe she means that the world she is leaving here right now is already heaven to her and she sees examples of that in all the every day things, the simple things like the morning and the noon. perhaps heaven to her is being alive?

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  • Elijah Amores (7/8/2009 9:58:00 PM)

    nice poem...pls check out my poems guys..thanks!

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