Goodness, i love listening to you read ghazals. In this one i really enjoyed you repeating the word “no” in the last line. Also, you posting this is great timing for me as I am knee deep in a ghazal and part of my practice is to link to others’ ghazals to entrain myself in the rhythms of the form.
Shannan, you are a such a force! with the voice of an angel. What an amazing and powerful ghazal, thank you for sharing it here and your beautiful reading. Also, for you BL post today—yes, such a gift is receiving love, kindness, too. I wish more took the moments to express such to someone(s) every day, heck, many times a day. There’s no “trick" to giving love and look what happens...
Great poem! Great photo! I have also had trouble landing my work in places because it is hard to classify. Diary? Memoir? Prose poem? I don't know! It just is what it is. But I will keep submitting. There are so many opportunities. I also want to say that your poetry curriculum post last week inspired me to buy Mary Ruefle's book and I mention your post and comments on it and about writing in an essay I intend to publish sometime the next couple of weeks. I will post a link in the comments to the poetry curriculum post if you want to take a look.
Thank you Polly!! And yes, with regards to submitting some of this stuff, the thing that's helped most is just submitting very very simultaneously and widely 💙💙
Beautiful ghazal, and beautiful reading. Hell, yeah!
Thank you peter 💙
Goodness, i love listening to you read ghazals. In this one i really enjoyed you repeating the word “no” in the last line. Also, you posting this is great timing for me as I am knee deep in a ghazal and part of my practice is to link to others’ ghazals to entrain myself in the rhythms of the form.
Thank you so much Dick! 💙 You're always deeply encouraging and kind
Ooo LOVED hearing you read this— perfect vibe for HALLOWEEN 🧙♀️
Thank you so much Elise!!! I hope your Halloween was wonderful too with your little one
i can finally say i read something brilliant today
Oh my god thank you!!
The ghazal is beautiful and even more so in your voice!
Thank you Aditi! 💙
Beautiful
Thank you 💙
Fun with /l/ in hell. This would go well with a be-bop rhythm in the back, too. Nice!
Thanks Frank!
Great reading, and when a ghazal is done well, like this one, so memorable
Thank you my friend!! 💙
Prayers do not sell in hell 🖤
Thank you for reading Alex!! 💙
Shannan, you are a such a force! with the voice of an angel. What an amazing and powerful ghazal, thank you for sharing it here and your beautiful reading. Also, for you BL post today—yes, such a gift is receiving love, kindness, too. I wish more took the moments to express such to someone(s) every day, heck, many times a day. There’s no “trick" to giving love and look what happens...
Thank you so much Tara! I love you 💙💙💙💙
I love you back! 💙💙💙💓
Great poem! Great photo! I have also had trouble landing my work in places because it is hard to classify. Diary? Memoir? Prose poem? I don't know! It just is what it is. But I will keep submitting. There are so many opportunities. I also want to say that your poetry curriculum post last week inspired me to buy Mary Ruefle's book and I mention your post and comments on it and about writing in an essay I intend to publish sometime the next couple of weeks. I will post a link in the comments to the poetry curriculum post if you want to take a look.
Thank you Polly!! And yes, with regards to submitting some of this stuff, the thing that's helped most is just submitting very very simultaneously and widely 💙💙
Six submissions today! So far!
Just had my first piece accepted! After 80 submissions! Yea for me!
Too be honest, pretty average
Damn
I enjoyed reading this; your rhyme scheme resounds so melodically.