Newton Ranaweera Poet Rhyme

Tutorial In Dreamland

I landed in an online dreamland with two more.
You know these fictitious men with surreal fame;
One dreamt of hunting a big phantasy fish for...
And the other went on tossing a sky-high claim.

The first one plunges in a heroic battle:
Hair rising, stirring, Hector – Achilles duel;
Latter teases his love with an airy prattle,
Claiming queen should adore him: a pricy jewel.

We three had a corvid caused zoom tutorial.
I was amazed how our renowned tutor did spew 
His self-quest and warned with a voice authorial 
To search within … if we wish to find any cue,  

For first he sought a crook outside, suspecting all,
But dived later in and found in him, nasty stench.  
So he asked Lowman, me and Old Man not to brawl,
Yet to gallop straight inside and our quest to quench.

Thus, we had a fun time tutorial, therein,
And had a heavy load of worth more words to take,
But I saw Old Man go home with a monstrous fin 
And Lowman go low as a “phony little fake”.


Jan. 20, 2021 (originally posted on Dec. 13, 2020)
ALL YOURS Poetry Contest
Contest Sponsor: Brian Strand

*A 2nd Placement* in the following contest (judged on Jan. 2, 2021)

Dec. 13, 2020
Fantasy with fictional beings Poetry Contest
Contest Sponsor: Caren Krutsinger


Inspiration: Sophocles’ King Oedipus; Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea; and Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

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Beryl Edmonds January 3, 2021 at 1:24 PM Congratulations Newton on a well deserved win with this amazing poem/story. Belle Newton Ranaweera January 3, 2021 at 2:38 PM Thank you so much, Belle, for your revisit, comment and the sweet comment!!

Eve Roper January 3, 2021 at 10:21 AM Congratulations on you awesome win, Newton , very creative write. Hugs Eve Newton Ranaweera January 3, 2021 at 2:38 PM Thank you so much, Eve, for this lovely comment and the congrats!!

Beryl Edmonds December 15, 2020 at 10:15 AM Idioms of a dream, a fascinating surreal story Newton. Best wishes ~ Belle Newton Ranaweera December 15, 2020 at 2:31 PM Thank you so much, Belle, for your read and this great comment!!

Andrea Dietrich December 14, 2020 at 11:31 AM verrrry interesting, Newton. This is super original and creative! Newton Ranaweera December 14, 2020 at 4:17 PM Thank you so much, Andrea, for this lovely comment!!

Anne-Lise Andresen December 14, 2020 at 2:08 AM - This is a wonderful poem, Newton - Best wishes in the contest ... I hope it will top the list of winners :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Newton Ranaweera December 14, 2020 at 5:52 AM Thank you so much, Anne-Lise, for this wonderfully sweet comment and the kind wishes!!

Regina Mcintosh December 13, 2020 at 4:21 AM Interesting vision... like a D R E A M - surely so S U R R E A L - as it should be. God bless you with a win, my friend Newton Ranaweera December 13, 2020 at 4:24 AM Thank you so much, Regina, for your impressively great read and the lovely, encouraging comment!!