{"id":108212,"date":"2013-06-30T10:03:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T14:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108212\/just-temporary-with-photo-a-thunderstormy-friday-fling-ghazal\/"},"modified":"2013-06-30T10:03:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T14:03:37","slug":"just-temporary-with-photo-a-thunderstormy-friday-fling-ghazal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/108212\/just-temporary-with-photo-a-thunderstormy-friday-fling-ghazal\/","title":{"rendered":"JUST TEMPORARY (with photo) a Thunderstormy Friday Fling Ghazal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">My very first attempt at a poetic form known as a Ghazal<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"> <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">which was the featured format at this past Friday&#8217;s CPC Friday Fling . . . .<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"> <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">The format is included down at the bottom of the page.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i148.photobucket.com\/albums\/s4\/barbkaus\/Waimea%20Valley%20Botanical%20Gardens\/Beginning%20May%2010\/Beginning%201-1-11\/Beginning%209-14-12\/RAINNEWZEALAND--signed_zpsd40edf80.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo RAINNEWZEALAND--signed_zpsd40edf80.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><strong><em>JUST TEMPORARY<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><strong><em><br \/>\n <\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><br \/>\n <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"> Thunderstorms blaze a trail across a summer sky<br \/>\n as children try not to be afraid or cry.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <\/font> <em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n Noses pressed against window panes in awe,<br \/>\n totally amazed at the sight and wondering how and why.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>They know the storms will probably soon pass<br \/>\n and they will again play and the birds will fly.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>It&#8217;s only a temporary summertime shower,<br \/>\n and soon the day will again be dry.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>The thunderstorms will end soon<br \/>\n and Barbara will bake a strawberry pie.<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n (c) barbara kausteklis 6-28-13<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>Written for CPC Friday Fling\/&#8221;The Friday Fling <br \/>\n Chases Thunderstorms With Ghazals.&#8221;<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/blog\/108099\/the-friday-fling-chases-thunderstorms-with-ghazals\/<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><br \/>\n <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em> <\/em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>The Ghazal format according to ShadowPoetry.com via Scotorum . . . .<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n A Ghazal is a poem that is made up like an odd numbered chain of couplets, <br \/>\n where each couplet is an independent poem. <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n It should be natural to put a comma at the end of the first line.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n The Ghazal has a refrain of one to three words that repeat, <br \/>\n and an inline rhyme that precedes the refrain.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n Lines 1 and 2, then every second line, has this refrain and inline rhyme,<br \/>\n and the last couplet should refer to the authors pen-name.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n The rhyming scheme is AA bA cA dA eA etc.<\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>****************<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <em>Thanks always for your visits and comments <\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">and hoping this day finds you safe <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">from whatever storms come your way.<br \/>\n <\/font> <\/em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">Lots of Love and Big Hugs.<br \/>\n <\/font> <\/em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\"><br \/>\n <\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"times new roman,times\" size=\"5\">~barb~<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My very first attempt at a poetic form known as a Ghazal which was the featured format at this past Friday&#8217;s CPC Friday Fling . . . . The format is included down at the bottom of the page. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 JUST TEMPORARY Thunderstorms blaze a trail across a summer sky as children try [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,28,17,10,19,837,2,11,42,29,25],"tags":[89,159,4260,5991],"class_list":["post-108212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-family","category-health","category-home","category-life","category-lifestyles","category-nature-2","category-other","category-people","category-photography","category-poems","category-world","tag-barbarak","tag-cpc","tag-friday-fling","tag-ghazal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}