POEM STARTER
Write a ghazal about someone you miss.
Ghazals are an ancient Arabic poetic form that consists of a minimum of five couplets, with each line of the couplet ending with the same word. They are usually about the beauty of love in spite of sadness.
Artemis
You astound dear Artemis as you aim for the heart,
Strength from the Forrest, the hunt, your heart.
So precise, each movement, clean vision eternal,
Steady love and desire, passion, more heart.
Time labours around you, as pierced by an arrow,
Fallow nature lingers from time before heart.
The wood nymphs stand with and on love as they may,
Gods and humans infested, shrivelled, sore heart.
Yet true beauty’s within, all around and without,
Simply ask mother Gaia, you need to shore heart.
Mighty Ares peers at you, gills green as fresh leaves,
Ready to wage war and crack and score heart.
