Separation

Separation

- a poem written in Ghazal form-

Empty space and time all alone,
old haunting thoughts chime, "All alone."

Singularly separated,
from what is past: I'm  all alone.

No signs of stripping solitude
these steep slopes I climb all alone

There is, in this silent season,
no reason or rhyme all alone.

I'm bearing the measure of time,
lost years from my prime all alone.

Copyright  ©  January 17, 2009 by Karen M. Crump aka armorbearer


A Ghazal is a poem that is made up like an odd numbered chain of couplets, where each couplet is an independent poem. It should be natural to put a comma at the end of the first line. The Ghazal has a refrain of one to three words that repeat, and an inline rhyme that precedes the refrain. Lines 1 and 2, then every second line, has this refrain and inline rhyme, and the last couplet should refer to the authors pen-name. The rhyming scheme is AA bA cA dA eA etc.
This one is: 5 couplets
8 beats per line
Refrain "all alone,
Rhyme: time, chime, I'm, climb, rhyme, prime.
Pen name: armorbearer – last line "bearing."

Winner of January 2009 "Poetry in Rhyme and Rhythm" Contest.

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