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The Emperor’s Suicide🎻
As Nero did play
All night and all day
While Rome burned away,
The queen could not sway
His mind gone astray:
“Caesar! Hear, I pray!
Tis death if you stay
A high price to pay,
Go now from this fray
There’s no other way,
Or soon they will say
As one mind to slay
The King’s heart, display
Thy head on a tray!”
She saw in dismay
Mad Nero betray
The god he’d portray,
Denied as hearsay.
Eyes opened he lay
In bloodied moon ray.
Copyright©️Jade Pandora 2018. All Rights Reserved.
Published 19th Feb 2018
| Edited 21st Mar 2018
Author's Note
• My 2nd piece written for & entered in the DUP competition “Night Bluebird” which is the host’s poem form he created, hence the repetitive rhyme scheme at the end of all 20 lines of 5 syllables each, all part of this style of verse. • My 1st entry in the comp, also published, is “The Generous Whore”.
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19th Feb 2018 1:23pm
Wonderful... For such dire circumstances, the short lines and consistent rhymes liven the poem.
Loving it...
Loving it...
Why thank you tommy! Yes I hear in my mind as I write such verse how those short staccato lines make the mood more intense. That's something I've experienced over years of writing. There's "rhyme" to that reasoning! ^.^
Gratitude for the RL honor!
Gratitude for the RL honor!
19th Feb 2018 5:13pm
Fantastic poem. Nero was a true psychopath. Loved your rhyming throughout the poem. Keep it up!
20th Feb 2018 9:03am
Thank you very much, good Tyler. For coming here to read & then to share your thoughts with me.
20th Feb 2018 8:55am
Love this poem so much, best I've read on here in a while. Awesome as always, Jade.
~anonshadow
~anonshadow
20th Feb 2018 9:05am
Oh my gosh, my goodness, my dear Anon and friend! Most honored...
*falls silent, humbled & speechless...*
*falls silent, humbled & speechless...*
26th Mar 2018 4:30pm
The rhyme scheme and vocabulary used reminds me Byron's Poetry on Nero . You did a fantastic job of capturing the essence of the era . If only the mad emperor could read writings such as these now .
Great write .
Great write .
Why thank you so much, poet, for sharing with me your thoughts and also about Byron! I’ve never read that, and now I must!📚👩🏻📖
( and many thanks for the Follows )
( and many thanks for the Follows )
2nd Apr 2018 00:33am
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