Is Heaven Like This?
Coming down the wrong chimney
found himself on the hearthrug
a room the like of which he
had never seen before
never seen the like…
Rooms ready for the quality
to sit in – the sight very pretty
– room dressed all in white
white curtains
white furniture
white walls
a few lines of pink
carpet all over
gay little flowers
Pictures of ladies and gentlemen
pictures of horses and dogs
two pictures of
a man in long garments
little children and their
mothers round him
the other a man nailed to a cross
why should the lady have
such a sad picture…
© Andrew Wilson, 2023
This is a found poem with words derived from The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley. The title – Evolution, is because Kingsley was a naturalist around the exciting time when the work of Wallage and Darwin were revolutionising the worlds of science, geology and biology and there will be found poems that reference this aspect of the tale. But so far, the finding of poems has been more like the method for refining poems since Kingsley writes very lyrical passages anyway…
The image is derived in Midjourney.
This series was inspired by my friend Misky over at It’s Still Life who has been producing a series of Found Poems…
I really like this one a lot. Nice flow to it. Well done!