tehuan
1 year ago
i'd prefer that you have a page dedicated specifically to muse, as the idea is that we're all able to access each other's writing for specifically these prompts easily ! once you do that, i'll make sure to add you to the members page :]
teethinvitro
1 year ago
After re-reading it, I figured ghazl sounds better in Arabic due to the motion of its vowels and lack thereof, but English may still have a chance if the rhyme scheme was just right.
teethinvitro
1 year ago
I like this one https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/90977/ghazal-for-becoming-your-own-country
teethinvitro
1 year ago
I suppose we can also honor the OG's. This is one of the most important poets in the Middle East https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/144612/where-did-the-handsome-beloved-go
i definitely relate to the questions this poem asks in the face of seasonal change and wanting to imitate it and at least get some ounce of that guarantee for regrowth after cold devastation
I really liked this piece! The questions posed to the trees are so earnestly simple, so concisely phrased. And I love the sounds of "only whispers what the wind will allow" as well as the idea. Really cool.