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More Gun Ghosts Zejel

More Gun Ghosts zejel

Begin Poem

Politicians are all lying.
Many people are gun ghosts dying.
No one hears their voices crying.

Mad gun ghosts crying guns do kill
No one cares, they just want to chill.
Evil leaders lack goodwill.
Unnamed agencies all spying.

There will be more gun ghosts today.
Our leaders do nothing but pray.
Some proclaim a coming doomsday.
The end times intensifying.

The Zejel is an ancient Spanish form beginning with a mono-rhymed triplet followed by any number of quatrains. The first three lines of each quatrain rhyme, and the last line rhymes with those of the first stanza, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1020-z%C3%A9jel-with-a-mudanza/

Zéjel is a romantic Spanish form with Arabic influence related to the Qasida and adopted by the Spanish troubadours of 15th century. The Zéjel is distinguished by linking rhyme established in the opening mudanza (strophe in which the theme is established in a mono-rhymed triplet). There have been many variations of the form, in Arabic a variation of the form is called the Zahal
The elements of the simplest and most common form of the Zéjel are:
1. syllabic, most often written in 8 syllable lines.
2. stanzaic, opening with a mono-rhymed triplet followed by any number of quatrains.
3. rhymed, the rhyme of the opening mudanza establishes a linking rhyme with the end line of the succeeding quatrains. Rhyme scheme, aaa bbba ddda etc.
The Zejel is an ancient Spanish form beginning with a mono-rhymed triplet followed by any number of quatrains. The first three lines of each quatrain rhyme, and the last line rhymes with those of the first stanza, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/1020-z%C3%A9jel-with-a-mudanza/