Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 23 March 2019

Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 23 March 2019!

For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Ghazal. The topic is up to you!

You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is a Ghazal poem?

Luckily, Shadow Poetry has an explanation…

Ghazal Poem

A Ghazal is a poem that is made up like an odd numbered chain of couplets, where each couplet is an independent poem. It should be natural to put a comma at the end of the first line. The Ghazal has a refrain of one to three words that repeat, and an inline rhyme that preceedes the refrain. Lines 1 and 2, then every second line, has this refrain and inline rhyme, and the last couplet should refer to the authors pen-name… The rhyming scheme is AA bA cA dA eA etc.

Example of a Ghazal Poem

THESE AGED PINES

Amid lush fern carpet stand perpending pillars;
Into broad canopy rise impending pillars.

Shady gloom in quiet calm hangs perpetual
Neath enshrouding shelter of attending pillars.

Ringlets firm encircle hearts of antiquity,
Deeply shielded within great suspending pillars.

More than stately; more than magnificently made,
High up into heavens reach transcending pillars.

Among elder giants Zahhar walks astonished,
His heart held uplifted by extending pillars.

Copyright ©2006 Erin Thomas

Good luck with your ‘Lucky Dip Ghazal’ – I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Don’t forget to tag ‘Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’, ‘Saturday Mix’, and hashtag #LuckyDip.

As always, make sure you link your fabulous creation to the helpful Mister Linky.