Spiritual Poetry posted March 7, 2024 Chapters:  ...21 22 -23- 24... 


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Gogyohka Poem Suite

A chapter in the book 2024 Japanese Poetry

In The Midst of Darkness

by Gypsy Blue Rose


for Helen who prays for me

 
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
 


 




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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