And the mound of earth where the ant, unseen, has emerged
Speaks of the traces of juj and majuj, triumphant in a coming life.
(09-04 Alex)
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And if you are to be selfless,
Then include every being
And every thing in your self
And then sacrifice it for Him.
(Winter 2006-7)
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I can make the seas clash asunder,
And bring the oceans clambering,
Collapsing in onto the land,
Pulling down the fertile earth.
(Winter 2007, Sialkot)
Copyright ©2007
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Servant of the Unconquerable
Tonight my Love will be like the Sea
When it first discovered its humble destination
And it rushed to meet the Shore.
But what, will my Sea change direction?
As does the reckless tide move by the glory of the Sun
And then by the splendour of the Moon?
No. For my Sea is not so chaotic.
My Sea is not so cold.
My Sea is not so grinding.
Fear not, let it travel whichever way it wills.
It will never leave the Shore.
(Summer 2003, London)
Copyright ©2007
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Last Updated: 03 November 2007
Bellissimo!(mA)
Wow! That was fast!
Just for yoo-hoo!
Thank you, thank you
It makes me sniffly for some reason- in a nice way.
Do you write in any particular meter?
I mean, do you intend to.
Definitely not
I think this is a bit too deep for me, I’m going to retreat back to familiar territory…
*heads back to [Eid Mubarak! Where?!] post*
(on an unrelated note: whats a meter?)
This is a depth for me, fear not!:| lol I only asked because a poet friend has been telling me about the Iambic Pentameter.
I think the British spell it ‘metre’, but I’m not sure. It’s a sound pattern in a verse..sort of the “tune” of the poem: “da-dum-da-dum-da-da”
. The one known as iambic pentameter 
is quite popular- Shakespeare used it often:
Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum /mer’s day?
Thou art / more love/ ly and / more temp/ erate:
Rough winds / do shake / the dar /ling buds / of May.
And sum /mer’s lease/ hath all /too short/ a date…
Each line above contains 10 syllables and 5 iambs (2 syllables in each iamb). In an iamb, the stress falls on the 2nd syllable: “do SHAKE”, “atTEMPT”. The opposite is known as a “trochee”- I think, where the stress falls on the first syllable, for example “TAKen”,”BROken”…
Lol, sorry.
Having said all that, I’d say stay away from the details, because as Toobaa said, she doesn’t decide on a meter before writing and produces poetry to perfection, mA.
Excellently explained, Poppet!
(How was the farm, by the way??)
That WAS a very in-depth explanation, thanks! I’m now one step closer to being able to hold my own in a conversation about poetry!
Good stuff
(Owww,poor aching me, lol. We picked some just hatched eggs, went to the woods, chopped some fire wood lay some manure for fruit bushes, sat on a tree house, (I) fell off it, saw a snake, (I) sat on a dog and poured coffee over my hijab,saw some sheep and a pony, fell on some barbed wire and had a jolly old time, then dashed onto the train home at the third and final whistle, lol. Lots of fun, alhamdulillah
)
Aw
I really did miss out… Mr Darcy stunk more than I would have…
Oh dear :[. Mr Darcy didn’t really appeal to me either, lol. Definitely next time, insha’Allah.:D
Gosh, your new addition (Selfless) is rather beautifully abstract (mA).
I kept repeating “Tonight, my love will be like the sea” today. It’s very Gibran and also Tagore. Have you read any of him? It’s his prose that your style reminds me of.
If you do ever come across him I’d suggest the following: Quartet, The home and the world, Reminiscences and Chitra. He is though famous to the west for ‘Gitanjali’, but it didn’t appeal to me so much. Neither did The Gardener,or much of his poetry but I’m still a fan. All of that is, of course, when you’re not memorising lovely Latin phrases!lol.
I have not heard of Tagore but I will follow your recommendation as I did for My Uncle Napoleon – although I haven’t had time to even remove it from the envelope yet … Actually, I’m just assuming that it is the right book! I am impatient for time!!