A Dram Induced Dream
Or
The Poet and the Emperor
The ambient candle
Threw shadows, lifelike
Round the walls
Like I was not alone
“You won’t, you can’t or you daren’t”
Said George Gordon
“Bigots fools and slaves”
And Napoleon shall
Never leave Saint Helena
Now
Life always gives
An angel share
“Let him make his mistakes”
He whispered as
His famous curl was
Straight and limp
“We are both statesmen”
“The sword is”?
“Dirtier than the pen”
“We shall destroy this world”
“No, his candle will not last that long”
And the night ended
As it began
The monkey laughed
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Author:
Andrew Charles Forrest (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Have you ever had a dream where you remember what people say within the dream I spent a fleeting moment with Byron and Napoleon after dinner in a candle lit room I think there was port
- Category: Surrealist
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Comments4
Love it. The enigmatic dream. So full of possibilities to romance.
And the cow jumped over the moon.
Super stuff from you today.
Good write Andrew.
I thought I was Napoleon until they took me away - the men in white coats! lol.
at least you completed your witty retelling of that dream, unlike Coleridge who once again, could only share an incomplete - masterpiece:
https://mypoeticside.com/show-classic-poem-6070
Alas! Most dreams fade along with night, leaving the mind frustrated, and thus your recollection is even more entertaining
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