February 23, 2014

Nagauta Lyric...


Sweetly Speaking

 A light is shining
Glowing from my heart like gold
      Glimmers through ripples
      Of a cool shimmering brook
Hearing secret thoughts untold

 Sweetly speaking words
To those torn apart I say
      Voice of painful scars
      With a hopeless dying breath
Pray now for a brand new way

 Autumn shows her hues
Carries souls to rainbow heights
      Let my golden light
      Guide them up and far away
Sleeping somber gentle nights

 - Rhoda Galgiani 
 
Nagauta Lyriac Form of Poetry is a Japanese form of indeterminate length
that alternates lines of five and seven syllables and ends with an additional
seven-syllable line…rg
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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    Very nice poem, Rhoda. You make me realize how much I need to really make some time to concentrate on writing poetry. I really appreciate your gift of words and expressions. -MJ

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  2. Rhoda GalgianiFebruary 24, 2014 at 7:19 PM

    Thank you Maurice for your visit - I try to write something on a daily basis and then of course there is always my files to rely on. I appreciate your comment in regards to my 'gift of words' - that is quite a compliment. My heart thanks you...rg

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  3. CharleneFebruary 24, 2014 at 10:30 PM

    This was really an artistic endeavor. I loved it! I guess since you write every day that is the reason you are so talented. Practice makes perfect. Wouldn't it be interesting if a babbling brook could actually tell us stories? Loved the metaphor
    Love Charlene

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  4. Rhoda GalgianiFebruary 25, 2014 at 10:26 AM

    Hi Charlene - I had a typo. The last line was suppose to read Sleeping. Thanks for the read and for being such a lady and not mentioning my error!!! LOL...rg

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    1. CharleneFebruary 26, 2014 at 5:07 PM

      Would you believe I didn't think it was an error. I thought I was just not understanding what you meant. :D You are right though, had I noticed it was an error, I would have ignored it, simply because everything else is perfect. :) Love, Charlene

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  5. Karen O'LearyFebruary 27, 2014 at 4:34 PM

    What an uplifting ending Rhoda! Wonderful use of imagery. You are so talented my friend. Congratulations on passing the 40,000 view mark! Wishing you ongoing success.

    Love,
    Karen

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  6. Rhoda GalgianiFebruary 28, 2014 at 10:31 AM

    Thank you Charlene - a lady indeed...rg

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  7. Rhoda GalgianiFebruary 28, 2014 at 10:32 AM

    Thank you Karen for the cong5rats. It will be five years 'Expressions' came to be come June. Your support is alway a joy to me...rg

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