A Writer

A Writer                   by Sami Khalil

A modern Shakespearean sonnet…

If I had my druthers, writer will be…

Surging profusely with inner visions

By aflutter banners hoisting poetry

Imparting gentle hearts with provisions.

 

Reaching beneath the silken threads of love

Then soaring high where eagles cast their eyes

Painting days like garden beds strewn above

Voyaging to the land of fantasy’s highs.

 

Take me where nature prepares a sweet feast

Profusion presented to a child’s heart

Seldom my watchful eyes tire in the least

West or by East, I grasp beauty’s part.

 

I close my eyes, picturing you near by

Sparingly lament a rapturous sigh.

 

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Sadly most people don’t think these days , they just judge. I would fit into this category you depict quite easily, just pottering around, a note here and there, watching the garden, reading a book instead of wasting life away working. Unfortunately my long line of ancestors had no mansions, estates and riches to hand down to me, how thoughtless of them, they obviously didn’t know I was coming. Nice write and picture Sami.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! You are awesome without all of that, not to mention funny, witty, sharp. I'm in the same category like you. Poetry is my top-drawer hobby. Continue the good work sir. As for the ancestors, shame on them.

[andrew mitchell]

Indeed shame on them.lol

[Sami Khalil]

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[Patricia Wedel]

dearest Sami... a Spring Sonnet is a Shower of
flowers where feathered poets dream and rest
in a green glade of rapture. gently, Pat

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well said. You said it gently and elegantly. Million thank yous. Hope your spring be of splendid times.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Sami … here by the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, Virginia, we have trees with rose pink blossoms and also yellow Tulips. May Spring keep you dancing… hugs, Pat

[Sami Khalil]

A wonderful place indeed. Might like to see it one day. All rich blessings.

[S.zaynab.kamoonpury]

I like your poetic vocab here along with the wonderful muse with a classic touch. I enjoy archaic styles as well. Kudos!

Plz also read and comment my newest poem too, my highlighted topmost one.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Glad to hear that. Thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts and experiences. Pleased to see you.

[Kelly Scheppers]

You've got me mesmerized, Sami. I'm beginning to swoon! So eloquently beautiful!

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! Might be intentional. Just kidding. What a lovely review. Thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts and experiences. Glad you like my latest sonnets.

[Pete]

not a bad way to live. whatever happened to the age of enlightenment? sometimes i think we're in the dark ages again. thanks for the lovely reminder ... :)

[Sami Khalil]

We are becoming a minority, I guess. Too much materialistic tendencies are not good. We got to have a balance with the spiritual.
At least, we can raise our voices in poetry.
Thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts and experiences

[Chris Shaw]

Dear Sami, and if a writer can do all that which is eloquently penned in your sonnet, what a happy readership he will have.

A pleasure to come across and linger in these lines today. Beautiful work.

[Sami Khalil]

Whoeeee! Always a pleasure to see you visit and a delight to see linger a little. You and your art are worthy. Thank you kindly for all. See you in your gallery of art.

[Chris Shaw]

You are far too kind Sami :)

[Sami Khalil]

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[Coyote Poetry]

I loved the poetry Sami. Like a Donne's dance into romance.
"Take me where nature prepares a sweet feast
Profusion presented to a child’s heart
Seldom my watchful eyes tire in the least
West or by East, I grasp beauty’s part."
The above lines. So wonderful and powerful. Thank you for sharing the outstanding poetry.
Coyote

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy woooo! You are wonderful too sir Coyote poetry and the holy desert. Glad to see you. On my way.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

As I was reading this sonnet, Christopher Marlowe was looking over my shoulder.
He is jealous.
And those provisions? Enough to keep the muse fed we hope.
j.

[Sami Khalil]

Hehehe! You are awesome sir Jacob. You bring smiles and inspiration to us. I hope all is well, health wise. Thank you kindly for all.

[John the Baptist]

A nice offering depicting the range of the writer here. Indeed, we must grasp beauty's part. Occasionally, though, we must do the same for ugliness. It's all part of the same story.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! All true and well said. Thank you kindly for sharing your thoughts and experiences. See you soon.