Thanks, Rick. I had no great urge to write a ghazal, but they’ve been coming up recently, and the topic, as you note, felt right. I’ve been getting two kinds of advice—one encouraging free play and the other prescribing greater strictness. At the moment, I’m leaning toward the latter faction (you and Susan).
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You should also get your name in some form in the last stanza.
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Hunt for it.
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I don't think it would be hard to rewrite your second lines to accommodate the strictures of the Great Ghazal.
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That’s what I’m working on now. Not sure it’ll be an improvement, but maybe it’ll be a real ghazal.
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Ooo.... also, no reason to actually telegraph the form in a parenthetical to the title.
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It’s only in the thread title as teaser for ghazal-lovers, but even that was misguided.