Bookshop Query Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

BOOKSHOP QUERY

I wanted a beautiful book of myths
for my sister, for Christmas
can you help me find a book like this

where trees spring paper cut from the pages
cherry trees, laden
the magic harp

the nightingale,
and the Maiden
made of snow

noah's ark on a rainbow coloured sea
a page of gold where Midas used to be
with his small daughter weeping

sheep, for safekeeping.

a new broom tidily sweeping
rhe latched cottage
where we hide from wars
and All Clear advisings

the skies with no scars
but only stars arising
and all there was

and all there is
of happiness that lives and lives
given new chapters
in all our hereafters.
mary angela douglas 5 october 2023