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Free verse № 47862

I am a dream

Member since 2001 · Posted 24 Apr 2003 · 2 comments

[In persian literature there is a form of poetry called ghazal. The word ghazal literally means, to converse with the beloved. A ghazal usually has 13 couplets, but could be more or less. The interesting aspect of this poetry is that each couplet is independent of the other, i.e. there is no single topic in the poem. The only thing common is the rhythm and the rhyme. I try here to incorporate this in english. However, it is almost impossible to rhyme words in english the way they rhyme in persian, due to the difference in the language. So i try and use the meter to overcome this problem. So their is a common meter throughout the poetry but each couplet or set of couplets are independent of each other] --------- I am a dream hidden beneath closed eyes I am a shadow without the sun without any edges in a moment Those flickering flames I am the flicker I am the wind I am the rhythm of an unmoving sound of an unmoving movement I am a peaceful sigh of a completed destiny an untouched word unpoken symphonies I move my hand a will of desire I close my eyes I am the word the cause of tears I am ablaze an unquenchable fire Hear me I am silent Your evey thought in a single word in a single tear Yes, I am the sound of silence awakened, asleep, awakened a rhythymic beat on silent drums

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[8] <~> 24-Apr-03/7:40 AM Reply
lovely.
[8] Caducus 24-Apr-03/9:17 AM Reply
Good Execution, and the explanation helped.

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