Winter Ghazal Poems

"This was fun collaborating with my wife Wendy. We each took turns writing a stanza. Together we wrote 12 stanzas - each with 16 syllables"...

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SPRING

Imagined days of the warmer kind
As Spring glances nervously behind

Echoes of frost still haunt each day
As Spring glances nervously behind

Sensing winter’s cold icy fingers
As Spring...

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When winter melts all about, spring is here, 
and when the daffodils sprout, spring is here.

When Robin-red-breasts begin arriving,
there is seldom any doubt; spring is...

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Life is a great dream         
What a first rate dream      

 

Sleep...

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On hot summer days I miss the sight of Winter
When snow is a blanket in the height of Winter

I think of sleigh rides and cups...

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Look at the tree,
Such a majestic piece of nature.
A glorious insight into God's creation;
What a lovely sight.
Its strength,
The hope, just a sapling.
The light it brings...

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Sun again shines on a sleeping meadow,
 The day opens up to a waking meadow.

Some animals rise, while others go to sleep,
As life unfolds in...

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My life is in hot summer you are the winter dear
Come fast come fast and make me a winner dear

Though I am living for a...

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 I remain…  

I remain…
What is this cane? What is this pain? I remain.
Within my house, mirrors complain; I remain.
My spring gone by, summer...

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I didn’t appreciate you enough;  I'm sorry, I didn’t know 
Difficult  times, raising us was so tough; I’m sorry I didn’t know
Little money,...

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ghazal

Gracing the walkway, decking her brownstone with pleasure;
gorgeous escorts welcome folks to her throne with pleasure.

Strong roots like muscles fix these plants tightly to the...

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Why Now?

Why Now?
You came to see me when I’m old; why now?
Why not when I was young and bold? Why now?
I lost my luster, my...

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The path to the wisdom

I was in love with a flower; now I am in love with light.
I escaped from pain and sorrow, even though...

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?How many perfect days have passed?

I could never tell the difference

Yes, it rained last night

Did it offer me smile?

Yesterday, the robust sun came out


But my...

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As children we’d gather and toss
Dimes in wells, our to do wish

Old dreams wither in winter but
hope thaws in the spring, a new wish

Mine hands...

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