Thursday, April 3, 2014

Xanadu Cinquain

Illustration by Patten Wilson, 1898.
Xanadu drawn by Patten Wilson for a hardcover edition of Coleridge's poetry by Longmans Green, London, in 1898.



Dinner at Xanadu

He lifts
his glass, musicians
play, six thousand guests bow
their knees while the magnificent
Khan drinks.

© Doraine Bennett





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