Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, REINCARNATION, by ALICE CHURCHILL CHAPHE


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REINCARNATION, by                    
First Line: If, when my dust has once again
Last Line: Swinging like a green-bowed swing.
Subject(s): Pine Trees; Reincarnation; Trees; Transmigration; Pretas


If, when my dust has once again
Become a part of God's fair earth,
And I could have the chance to take another form,
In all the glow of a new birth,
I know my one desire would be
To turn into a pine.
With branches lifted to a star-lit sky;
Branches curved just a wee bit
To hold the nests of birds and hear them sing,
While I would gently rock them in the wind
Swinging like a green-bowed swing.





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