"Heaven"—Is What I Cannot Reach! Poem by Emily Dickinson

"Heaven"—Is What I Cannot Reach!

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"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!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 26 October 2015

The Paradises on earth of which she speaks can be pretty heavenly in an earthly sense but unfortunately they are temporary and prone to tragedy because they are not eternal. Lovely but short-lived. I think perhaps the successful spiritual person can thoroughly enjoy the paradises that can be found on earth while keeping the soul fixed on the lodestone that is Heavenly Paradise.

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R.j. Wynn 01 August 2013

Heaven was the apple of her eye. How cool is that.

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Syafiqa Syaqireen Azmi 03 September 2012

she has a miraculous way of thinking. i love all her work.

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Flow Read 29 November 2022

Me too : )

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Salma Nawaz 03 December 2022

Amazing!

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Joesiah Medina 28 January 2021

I need help on the meaning of this.

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Flow Read 29 November 2022

What does it mean to you?

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Dr Antony Theodore 20 November 2020

The Color, on the Cruising Cloud— The interdicted Land— Behind the Hill—the House behind— There—Paradise—is found!

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Zuleyma Gutierrez 14 November 2020

I love this poem it is very nice

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Zuleyma Gutierrez 14 November 2020

God bless her for this wonderful poem

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