More than yesterday

                                                                  Margaret Bednar                       

You pressed roses on my lips yesterday 
Blooming fragrant, softer than yesterday


My tongue traces your name slowly, deeply  
You are wine, plum sweeter than yesterday

Your music plays in my head, without words

Lifting my wings, stronger than yesterday


My arms hold your peace and words as you sleep
The moon lingers, longer than yesterday


Rain and clouds may dot and dim our sky  
Still I love you better than yesterday


Dance with me until I am old and gray
Weaving colors,  bolder than yesterday


Our limbs entwining, like a bookmarked page,  
Heaven is here, brighter than yesterday 


Poetry Form: Ghazal Sonnet - Ghazals are beautiful poems, originating in Arabic verse from the sixth century, written traditionally about poetically physical or spiritual love, with a melancholic air of separation or longing.    Seven couplets in pentameter with refrain, than yesterday.

Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - OpenLinkNight  - I am hosting today, so drop by starting at 3pm EST ~   Also please check out my collaborative poem with the talented Margaret Bednar at Real Toads ~   

Not my name

I went to the bar for a game

to see dis-grace in my name 

Gulped a margarita, and danced

feeling bolder as no one knew my name

On stage, belted a rock song 

crowd cheered, like they knew my name 

Taunting the devil, I kissed a man

Sparks flew before he asked my name

Lustful eyes, I pulled down his pants 

Riding him, he wanted to know my name 

No labels, no expectations, no name, I said 

Still he asked, "Can Angel be your name?" 

How I wish we are in Eden sin, so I said yes 

Then, I laughed as Heaven is not my real name.

Author's note:   This post is for D'Verse Poets Pub - OpenLinkNight.  Link your poem (any form) starting Tuesday (every Tuesday) at 3pm EST.   

In writing this post, I took some features of the Ghazal form I learned last week (at least 5 couplets, ending refrain on each couplet, "I" perspective and signature couplet on the last verse).   However, per John Alwyine-Mosley's guidelines, since this is a narrative, it falls outside the ghazal form.  


For fun, I inserted my real names in this post. :-)  Thanks for the visit ~     

picture credit:   cristania.tumblr.com

More than yesterday

I press rose petals on your lips today
How they bloom more than yesterday


I trace my tongue amidst deep trails  
You are sweeter than yesterday


My arms hold your peace as you sleep
More beautiful than yesterday


Rains and clouds may dot our sky  
Still I love you more than yesterday


Say you will stay until I am gray 
Heaven is here, brighter than yesterday 

Author's Note :  This post is for D'Verse - Form for All - Ghazal, hosted by Gay and John Alwyine-Mosley (AKA @bookdreamer)  We are to write at least 5 couplets; I have used yesterday as my ending rhyme word.     

Traditional Ghazal rules of form are very clear. The opening couplet is called amatla, which sets up the rhyme scheme (qaifa) and refrain (radif) by having it occur in both lines. Then this scheme occurs only in the second line of each succeeding couplet for at least five additional couplets and in practice as many as needed. To end the ghazal, the poet has a signature couplet, the (makhta)in which they mention their name or refer to themselves.  

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