This Is A Dream
An Ekphrastic Ghazal Inspired By "Second Dream, A Stroll in the Sky" (1847) by J.J. Grandville
Introduction
This is an ekphrastic ghazal
This picture I found on "Art A To Zed" here (it does take you through to their Facebook page)
The music is "Is It A Dream?" by Classix Nouveaux
This Is A Dream
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The First I Saw Was The Crescent Moon
Then There Came A Very Small Mushroom
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And Then The Small Mushroom Grew And Grew
Under The Light Of The Crescent Moon
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Look Again, And Now An Umbrella
This Strange Dream Has Left Me All Aswoon
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The Umbrella Twists Into An Owl
Across The Sky, Clouds And Stars Are Strewn
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The Owl Becomes A Blacksmith's Bellows
Then Magically Two Fiery Urns
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An Axle And Cart Towed By Two Horses
Heading For The Plough, To Be There Soon
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So Among The Stars This Dream Will End
Under The Light Of The Crescent Moon
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (11)
Thank you, everyone, for your positive comments on this. really appreciated
The flow imagination travels along is a worthy muse! Charming and melodic, Mike - beautifully written.
Loved this so dreamy and expressive.
Mike, I bet you could turn this great poem into a story of dreaming something somehow. Good job.
I second Dharrsheena! This read like a dream where you can't quite make sense of everything that's happening, but it's so vivid and mesmerizing and pulls you in completely. I loved it!
Oooo, this felt like a fever dream. Loved it!
This was wonderfully whimsical. I loved the circular ending too.
The protean imagery gives this ghazal momentum as it shifts between forms. Nicely done, Mikeydred!
Ethereal imagery! Reminds me of the 70s, ๐
This remind me of what Alice in Wonderland might have imagine the moon to be a cat.
Now that made me think of Mary Poppins! You nailed the dreamy tone and atmosphere.