Notes About The Poem
21st June 2023
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Sponsor- Edward Ibeh
~Placed First~
Almost Xanadu
Is it a reverie or a true slice of life?
Have I landed in Arcadia or an earthly paradise?
All seems so magical, eyes refusing to believe.
Am I dreaming or do I simply fantasize?
I see everything clothed in glistening sheen.
Around me, all I see is beauty and grandeur.
Heaven seems to have come down to earth.
The sky and the Earth, draped in great splendour.
Covered in a cloak of sparkling dewdrops,
The verdant leaves seem studded with emerald gems.
Glittering in warm sunshine, they look so gorgeous,
Amid them, flowers dance on delicate stems.
Bees fly humming in subdued tone,
Teasing even the weeds that wear a flower.
The bunnies feeling the breath of May,
Nibble at tender grass, so eager it to devour.
All about me is liquid silver’s dazzling glow,
With eddy swirls and falling beams.
Above me is the vast panorama of the sky,
With chiffon clouds straying far into the seams.
The boughs of trees droop with blossom’s weight
Leaves tremble in the might of passing gales.
Tickling rills and somersaulting cataracts
Give a heavenly dimension to half lit vales.
The meadows are dotted with violets and bluebells.
Also, clusters of flowers that never seem to fade.
Lovely birds are heard singing from every bush and tree.
Golden sunbeams play, filtering through the shade.
No doubt, this place is closer to Coleridge’s Xanadu
Far off from world’s sick hurry, this seems a heavenly sphere.
Anyone who lands in this ‘Elysian Field' will loudly exclaim,
‘If there is a Paradise on Earth. it’s here, it’s here’!
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