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Gogyohka Poem Suite
2024 Japanese Poetry
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In The Midst of Darkness
by Gypsy Blue Rose
for Helen who prays for me
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in the midst of darkness
a prayer raises
to my Divine Source
like a motherless child
seeking love and comfort
sometimes I worry
and sometimes I cry
for small stupid things
or for no reason at all
it's something I abhor
it's hard to lose control
but to find peace
I turn my will and my life
over to the care of God
I surrender
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Author Notes
Lately, I have been feeling anxious and sad for no good reason. I wake up at 3 am every night and it's hard to get back to sleep. I worry and worry, thoughts just go around and around my mind. The only thing that helps is prayer and asking God to take care of me.
Some of the phrases are from 12-step programs which are very spiritual. Other phrases are from my Unity Church.
Gogyohka is a five-line free-style Japanese poetic form with no strict rules on syllable count but as brief as possible. Any theme. Lines are grammatically connected. Alliteration, personification, and metaphor are okay but never rhyme. Japanese poets have written gogyohka since the 1910s. However, they did not name the form until 1983 by poet Enta Kusakabe. === source = writers digest ===source=wikipedia
Thank you for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
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