Life is made of several moments;
Echo: Omens
Of choices and paths which we have chosen.
Echo: Zen
Though life at times does not seem fair;
Echo: Air
Leave the shade to step into the glare.
Echo: Lair
A laugh does chime in a sea of sadness;
Echo: Nest
Tugs at the heart like a piece of magnet.
Echo: Net
Thoughts stride into the mind and heart;
Echo: Art
Is love in actual – unification of parts.
Echo: Parts
The question remains to lead or follow;
Echo: Low
Truth is sometimes hard to swallow.
Echo: Allow
We live our life like there’s no tomorrow;
Echo: Morrow
Refuse to wander in the fields of sorrow.
Echo: Sorrow
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Form: Echo Verse
Posted on Meeting the Bar @ dVerse Poets Pub
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52 Responses
Sanaa, what an excellent message in your Echo Verse! Though life does not sometimes seem fair, it really is good not to wander in the fields of sorrow too long. Really, I am impressed with your well-chosen echoes!
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You are a master of the form, Sanaa. My favorite stanzas are the opening and closing ones. Life is indeed a series of choices and paths and it is great to be aware that we often have alternatives.
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What a lovely “collection” of stanzas. Your choice of echoes is likewise superb; interesting the echo changes we all chose. I like your line /a laugh does chime in a sea of sadness/.
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You’re good. Beautiful echos. Thank you for introducing this form to us.
Very very good.
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Loved the bounty of rhyme
and the philosophical speculation
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a strong and beautiful message to live this life meaningfully….the form and content both compliment each other…such an excellent poem Sanaa….thank you for this post….
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“A laugh does chime in a sea of sadness”
Favourite line!
I really liked your collection of thoughts. 🙂
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Oh – the echo is such an honest companion. We should listen more to its voice.
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Love to revisit your echo poem 🙂
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I like the ‘almost rhymes’ best, or shift in stress – very interesting use of the echo form.
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Well done. I don’t think I quite grasped the form. Yours is terrific.
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Zen like quality to your poem; I do love the message that “laughter is a chime in the sea of sadness”..could be a mantra to live one’s life by.
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Skillful use of the form, Sanaa. I especially liked the line about truth–allow!
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You did a wonderful work on this. Your echoes are interesting and how they echo the lines. This was a lovely write.
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Interesting take on this form…your echoes are thought provoking! Your collection of thoughts flow (glow)
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Signs above so below again
Grin
God waves blink
Wink
Oceans span human cities
Synchronicity..:)
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I love this. That last stanza is my favorite — to refuse to wander in the fields of sorrow is a good way to live. Peace, Linda
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So many favourite lines there for me…
A laugh does chime in a sea of sadness;
Echo: Nest
and then
Truth is sometimes hard to swallow.
Echo: Allow
A wonderfully crafted poem…
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This is a difficult form, but you’ve done a nice job with it! Better if it is read aloud by two voices I think….
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Sanaa I like this form. I will try writing one. I also like the message you delivered. So well summarized in the last verse
Thanks for dropping in at my blog ‘verses’ today
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A very well done echo poem!
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This is so beautiful. It felt like a song – a wistful emo rock song accompanied by an orchestra. It lingers, stretches into the silence, pulls a heartstring.
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Sunny,
I like these hallowed echoes. I like how the shirt line demands my attention and reflection
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Now a days, I sometimes feel there will be no tomorrow. Things get pretty crazy! I liked this!
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How beautiful…I have never read an echo poem.
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Interesting… I’m going to have to study this echo poem of yours.
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