My 2nd ghazal
All night through my dreams, bounce ping-pong words. Sometimes just one, though... at times, they THRONG ~ Words! They fly fast and slow; both high and low; Flash heavy and light; both short and long words. Encyclopedic; scientific; Literary; fun; even some song words Making a racket, bursting rockets; Cannons; thunder; and - worst of all ~ gong-words! I'm rendered both helpless and hopeless; The rascals know I hate using wrong words... Pleading, I cry, "Must you behave so? Oh! Why can't we all... -Just- get a- long, Words?" Then, finally, from darkest corners, Shyly come -the most perfect- "be- long" words.
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Oh, I so enjoyed reading this! Let’s hear it for the ‘belong words’! Wonderful Ghazal David.
๐ฅฐ Marion ๐ฅฐ – I really appreciate it. Thank you.
Haha! A brilliant ending. A fun poem. Awesome! ๐
๐ Terveen ๐
David writing ghazals and doing that beautifully… no limits now on your poetic horizon๐น
๐ Karima ๐ – I’m going to try a few more of these I think… have you attempted any?
-David
Oh yes! This one was fun to read and I suspect equally fun to write!
๐๐ Muri ๐๐
Exquisitely crafted and witty to the point of cracking me up! This format seems to suit you, David. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got up your sleeve. ๐
โค๏ธ๐ Mike ๐โค๏ธ
๐๐ค Bravo David! ๐ค๐
๐ฅฐ Filipa ๐ฅฐ
love this David and this stanza
“Pleading, I cry, “Must you behave so?
Oh! Why can’t we all… -Just- get a-
long, Words?”
and of course the end..as well!๐
๐ Cindy ๐
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ooo. Makes me wanna do ‘ooo’. nice ghazal! david!
๐ค ๐ค Thanks, Kunjal ๐ค ๐ค
Now when did you start writing ghazals? Nice one anyways! ๐
Dunno… I started writing poetry 1.5 years ago…
I started writing a year and a half back too!(properly) But I think I’ll try out this form, and when’s open link night, I can’t hang around for much longer, its 11 in the night here!
another 2.5 hours…
Spoken like a true lover of words, David! ๐
Pax,
Dora
๐ค ๐ค Dorah ๐ค ๐ค
This seems like work to tame the words to fulfill our goal of being succinct. A great poem David.
โค ๐ Lauren ๐ โค
Really like this one ๐
โค โค Paula โค โค
Thanks so much!
David
I love this one David and the way you make it rhyme and work with the scheme of the ghazal! ๐๐๐๐โค๏ธโค๏ธ
โค ๐ Ken ๐ โค