Waiting
A heart sighs in sweet sorrow, waiting ; Each moment seems eternity in waiting. Hours drift by, somnolent in their desire ; Each one impatient for an end to waiting. With knowledge comes fear of the...
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Douglas, A most poignant write. The repetition of 'waiting' accentuates the restless tone. The close reminds us of how creative people suffer...and how without that hunger, they would lose their edge....
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Thanks Sarah. The poem follows, (not entirely), a little known form that I find fascinating. I was having a scroll through the form forum and it sort of sprung to mind. I shall now go and take a look...
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Nicely composed Douglas, as Sarah did, I also enjoyed the repetition, I have seen the style before, and you are right, it is quite a fascinating one. Keith.
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Thanks Keith, I'm not ever so into form for forms sake, but I do enjoy this particular style.
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Yes a really fine example of the form Douglas and you enable us to feel the restlessness of waiting.
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Dear All, Since I am form-driven, please, someone ID the form. Thanks, Ron jgdittier
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Thanks Jean, thanks Ron. Ron , The Ghazal is an ancient form of poetry that I believe first saw the light of day in the 10th century. It consists of five to fifteen couplets with a repeated word or...
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Hi Douglas, I'm ceratinly no expert to form, but this seems to follow the form quite well, particulalry the expression of pain, sadness, and longing. Brian
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Thanks Brian, glad you stopped by. WD, I know what you mean, I once waited the best part of a whole morning in a cold and draughty bus terminal for a bus that didn't arrive. It was in 1968, I remember...
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