Here There Are No Angels of Despair

August 2, 2019

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is angels.

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A second anniversary poem about the joy of angels alighting on all who love:

Here there are no angels of despair.

Arrayed in choirs, they sing only of joy.

Performing for the sheer delight of being,

Poised between the act of sight and seeing,

Yet infinite, yet of this earth, they toy

Scholastically with being here nor there,

Eden's hosts, though none the worse for wear,

Come down from that sweet hilltop, anguish fleeing.

On those they light who for another care,

Now filling with their ecstasy the air,

Dear hints of bliss no evil can destroy.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Angels

7/29: Angels Are Quite Confident

7/30: Even Angels Feel the Pangs of Love

7/31: Even Angels Tire of Ecstasy

8/1: Grateful Angels Sing at Heaven’s Gates

8/2: Here There Are No Angels of Despair