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I dream of angels

Jo Forrest June 20, 2017

I dream of angels,

their wings broken,

their halos gone,

tears

dried on faces

too beautiful

to look upon.


 

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This painting was done from a photograph I took of a sculpture in the Royal Ontario Museum.  The wings are from the Winged Victory in the Louvre.  I wrote the poem one night when I lay down to go to sleep.  I was lying there thinking and came up with this.  I sat up, turned the light on, and wrote it down.  It's only the second poem I ever wrote, but I think it's the best one. 

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