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Classic poem

"Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!

by Emily Dickinson

"Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!

The Apple on the Tree --

Provided it do hopeless -- hang --

That -- "Heaven" is -- to Me!

The Color, on the Cruising Cloud --

The interdicted Land --

Behind the Hill -- the House behind --

There -- Paradise -- is found!

Her teasing Purples -- Afternoons --

The credulous -- decoy --

Enamored -- of the Conjuror --

That spurned us -- Yesterday!

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About this poem

First line
"Heaven" -- is what I cannot reach!
Poet
Emily Dickinson
Themes
nature, death, hope, faith

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