Return To Wayland's Smithy
A Ghazal Inspired By A Beautiful Painting By The Glittering Fox
Introduction
This is my sixty-seventh piece inspired by Angie Livingstone's inspirational artwork. I love the beautiful autumnal colours in this work.
Our book, "The Art Of The Glittering Fox", is now available on Amazon throughout the world.
This poem is a Ghazal. It is the first time I have tried this form. I was not sure it would work, but I am very happy with the result.
Ghazal is a form of amatory poem or ode, originating in Arabic poetry.
The ghazal form is ancient, tracing its origins to 7th-century Arabic poetry. It spread into the Indian subcontinent in the 12th century due to the influence of Sufi mystics and the courts of the new Islamic Sultanate, and is now most prominently a form of poetry of many languages of South Asia and Turkey.
A poem of ghazal commonly consists of five to fifteen couplets, which are independent, but are linked abstractly, in their theme, and more strictly in their poetic form. The structural requirements of ghazal are similar in stringency to those of the Petrarchan sonnet. In style and content, due to its highly allusive nature, ghazal has proved capable of an extraordinary variety of expression around its central themes of love and separation.
This is The Glittering Fox's Facebook Page
This is her Etsy Store
The music is "Hammer and the Anvil" by The Longest Johns
Return To Waylands Smithy
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A Place Of Magic Is Wayland's Smithy
Home To A Portal Is Wayland's Smithy
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The White Hare Leaves A Trail Of Shining Stars
As It Takes Its Leave From Wayland's Smithy
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Under The Silver Moon And Swaying Trees
White Hare Spreads Magic From Wayland's Smithy
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The Smith Is The Best Friend Of The White Hare
They Cast Their Spells There In Wayland's Smithy
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Sorceress And Druid, Frequent Callers
Magicians Welcome At Wayland's Smithy
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Built From The Standing Stones, The Trilithons,
Dolmens, And Sarsens Is Waylands Smithy
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Who Knows, One Day You May See The White Hare
As She Spreads Her Stars From Wayland's Smithy
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Comments (4)
Ohh, this one is your first. Thank you for the background of what a Ghazal is. With your help. I'll be more familiar with it. Ooo it usually has central themes of love and separation. Interesting. The repetition in this one will have it stuck in my head. To the point where everyday I will be off to Wayland Smithy. Excited by it's portal. I love the idea of the white hare spreading her stars from Wayland Smithy. Such a beautiful world building and poem to bring it all alive. Nice job Mike π€β€οΈ
Iβve never heard of a ghazal before; Iβll have to look more into the form. I love the final stanza. Thereβs just something very mystical about it. Well done!
Her work is inspiring, and this poem is proof <3
Fabulous I really love it Mike x