That's Poetry

When tongue is silent, but muse is chanting - that's poetry. When we write what the heart has been asking - that's poetry. As dawn's hues glisten golden rays, in blue, bronze, orange skies, musings mirror daydreams, so enchanting - that's poetry. Butterflies smooch cosmos, as bees sip on dahlias nectar. Scents of deep red roses start enhancing - that's poetry. Clement air pleasantly overwhelms with pleasures of love, muse becomes a bard lost in romancing - that's poetry. Mentality turns dark when clouds spread densely like ash smoke. Scarlet ink screams tears to stop storms advancing - that's poetry. In shades of loneliness, thoughts reach out to our loyal moon, beneath her moonlight we sojourn, standing - that's poetry. A heart is healed by spoken words composed with compassion. Poets smile when they see sad lips laughing - that's poetry. As sands of sorrow pause, soul glows like a million fireflies. Nature's metaphors leave our pens dancing - that's poetry. Stale ink dehydrates and thoughts become segments of cement, mind is a machine, where words keep jamming - that's poetry. Daylight or night, bed, bath or driving, lyricists inspired by sunshine, snow or when rain is lashing - that's poetry. Word weavers scribbling sonnets, free verse and poetic prose, forming imagery instead of ranting - that's poetry Silent One, writes to honour Rumi, Shakespeare and Wordsworth, In hope my words will be everlasting - that's poetry. The Silent One 29 August 2020 An example for the Ghazal contest. This Ghazal has a two worded refrain. Slightly different in format to previous ghazal, I posted, called 'Only the moon understands.' This one has 14 syllables each line. There are different definitions for a Ghazal, and different interpretations of the from. Ghazal poetry is poetry of longing. Traditionally, the ghazal tended to focus on unattainable love, often illicit, or sometimes on metaphysical questions. But, today, the ghazal has broadened to touch many types of longing and loss. The ghazal is a form poem that uses the art of rhyme and repetition. As it is originally a Persian form and the Indian subcontinent, the refrain and rhyme can be lost when translated to English, as is the meter.