“Not of Byzantium”
Awakening at one AM after dreaming
not of Byzantium,
not of Babylon, but better —
Not Shangri-La, but shaded limb —
The pine I climbed when I was nine.
No Acropolis, only
fallow farm and rising sun.
Across, a distant treeline
ascends to render Athens’
Parthenon prosaic.
Exceeding empires, exceeding
even Elysium, is
This slumber’s ordinary boyhood field.
(c) Eric Robert Nolan 2015
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 
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I’ve made it a habit to automatically love anything that uses the word Shangri-La. However, this has lots of words I love. Very nice.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment, Delilah! 🙂 I actually almost used Shambhala instead of Shangri-La, but I went with my instincts at the last minute
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Well, now you’ve given me another word to love. Now I need to catch up and read some of your other posts.
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I’m flattered! 🙂
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