Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Overcoming Adversity - a Ghazal

                                                                                    Author Lance Cpl. Corey Dabney
Image: Preparing Early to Overcome (here)

On a sunny day all warm and bright
Having wrestled life’s woes by the night

To overcome the floods engulfing the edge
Of abundance shoving and throwing rays bright

Had fallen into dreams of yearnings’ nights
Restless, dark suddenly a future splayed bright

Bid be, good tidings played its softening lights
Had I the strength to ward off sinister’s might

Hank, we can ordinarily garner our strengths
Tenacity against adversity the star’s shining bright

Note: A Ghazal is an odd-numbered chain 
of couplets. It has a refrain of one to three 
words that repeat  The name of the writer 
is usually included in the poem

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8 comments:

  1. Well done, Hank. A tricky form, indeed. I like that you included your name, as tradition suggests. Cool poem.

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  2. Have to over come and push on through indeed

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  3. You certainly mastered this one well Hank. Well done a pleasure to read.

    Yvonne.

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  4. Such an empowering ghazal, Hank! I loved this couplet in particular: "Bid be, good tidings played its softening lights/Had I the strength to ward off sinister’s might".

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  5. Serious concerns for young ones. Hopefully their future will banish the horrors of the night before, and bring with it less dire things to think about.

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  6. There is always a new hope in the morning's light!

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  7. I am struggling to hold on..

    Had fallen into dreams of yearnings’ nights
    Restless, dark suddenly a future splayed bright

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  8. What an interesting form. I really liked this.

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