Poetic Form 98: Ghazal

 

The Dark in Light

I felt my veins pulse in time with a dark in light

rhythm that called forward a moment sparked in light.

I moved through the day listening to a past song

from an old radio, the dial marked in light.

Words lost in waves of regret pulsed like a headache

that burned at the back of my green eyes stark in light.

The calendar said tomorrow was going to be

available, just cross time, a check mark in light. 

Even as the sun revealed blue skies and soft clouds,

the past whispered, “Jamey fall in the dark in light.”

Poetic Form #98: Ghazel

The Ghazal is an Arabic form of independent couplets (5 to 15). Each couplet

 is an independent poem, with a refrain of one to three of the last words 

in the second line of the first couplet. There is an inline rhyme that 

precedes the refrain.The last couplet should refer to the author’s 

real or pen name. The rhyming scheme is Aa bA cA dA eA.