Samples -- Poetry - A Flock of Souls (chapter 5) by C. P. Klapper
chapters
chapter 1:
Why Write?
chapter 2:
Sign at the Jewelers
chapter 3:
I Am Serenading You
chapter 5:
A Flock of Souls
chapter 6:
Moth-eaten
chapter 7:
Presidential Race
chapter 8:
Mixed Blessings
chapter 9:
Rain
chapter 10:
The Rat Captains
chapter 11:
Pity's Reward
chapter 12:
There is Only
A Flock of Souls
chapter 5
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A Flock of Souls
It is said that small birds hold
the souls of the recently departed;
So from the deck of my house
I greeted a hundred or two,
who with a great whoosh and chirping
settled on the ash's bare limbs,
those who had left their ashes behind.
Were they sparrows,
on whom the eye of the Lord rests?
Or wrens,
rebuilding with their nests
A City engulfed with flames,
as a Wren with his Saint Paul?
Another city, another time,
There a cathedral, here a chapel,
each unharmed by the pilots of Hate,
As their small birds give wing to Love
and a farewell trip for the souls
on their way to Heaven.
Copyright © 2001 by C. P. Klapper
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It is said that small birds hold
the souls of the recently departed;
So from the deck of my house
I greeted a hundred or two,
who with a great whoosh and chirping
settled on the ash's bare limbs,
those who had left their ashes behind.
Were they sparrows,
on whom the eye of the Lord rests?
Or wrens,
rebuilding with their nests
A City engulfed with flames,
as a Wren with his Saint Paul?
Another city, another time,
There a cathedral, here a chapel,
each unharmed by the pilots of Hate,
As their small birds give wing to Love
and a farewell trip for the souls
on their way to Heaven.
Copyright © 2001 by C. P. Klapper
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chapter 1 review
Georgia Ann
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This poem is just lovely. It explains why we write without becoming arrogant.
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chapter 1 review
John
said:
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I (and I think a lot of us on this site) have felt what you've expressed in this poem...but you have expressed it so very eloquently.
--Joh…more "
--Joh…more "
chapter 7 review
John
said:
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Being a chocholate addict, I totally agree with the sentiment of this poem.
Great job!
--John "
Great job!
--John "
