Dreamers And Drunkards – 6th February 2025

~ shaun tenzenmen

A whisper through the cosmos softly sighs,
just like memories which have a way of coming back
Courage is the sound the night makes
wedded were we with the sun, a moment flecked gold

We’re all dreamers and drunkards
And neither kindly, curiously, nor discreet
for youth comes with a price
Boys, keep drinking your beers

Knowing that the time ahead will demand us to change
 By comparison, all else does pale,
hitch-hiking imagination’s pier
 But still they linger, waiting their turn

Where once there was only black and white
and secrets stitched in shadow
Time passes and the shadows grow
and universal dream-weavers,
cry for the halcyon days, the jasmine nights,
garlands of starlight strung out

A cento. Each line is linked back to the original full poem.

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