Ode to a New Year

Happy and blessed New Year...

Ode to a New Year        

By Sami Khalil

An English Sonnet...

Further away the sun ambled slowly

As its lights shimmered upon rising waves

Go rushing is a sad world, so lowly

Holding the skies in check where New Year braves.

 

Some grow wearies from darker sense of things

While others in dreamless states do feel hope

Dangling on the edge what hostile man brings

Febrile instincts where one can grow and cope.

 

Hear these wise words which may preclude drifting

Circumspect that wars are oddly dreadful

Cast aside ghosts bidding on us passing

Eroding sacred belongings, droll-eyed, fretful.

 

Ode to new vantage points, real page-turners

Softly glow passions of astute learners.

Reviews

[Arundass TP]

A touching poem. Enjoyed reading

[Sami Khalil]

Glad it is touching. HNY

[Arundass TP]

Happy New year friend

[Sami Khalil]

Happy New Year friend.

[Pryde Foltz]

I think we have gotten better at identifying contrast and this can make it feel the contrast has grown ... the darker things. Those darker things were always there, but hiding behind false light. That which lurks in the dark ... other than restful dreams ... can only be diminished once known, but no need to become a dark creature to do so. 2025 will be a year of healing and enlightenment, but first we must expose the monsters within(ego) that has us in league with seeming angels. We are getting there.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well articulated.
I do hope so. Contrast is inevitable and meaningful to man's choices. Our state of minds can be affected either way, our state of affairs can be infected by the twain.
All best wishes. HNY

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

absolutely love the optimism and brightness in this work. a new year. let's do it.
this is just what i needed to read today. thank you for sharing. and good luck with all your endeavours.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well articulated dear poet and friend. Let us ring in the new year with new and good efforts to make our life and the world's better, even slightly; small efforts make big differences. Thank you so much for sharing and doing in hope of better outcomes.

[Kelly Scheppers]

The new year has always been a time of melancholy for me. You exude so much imagery into your poems, Sami. It's just what your readers always come to expect from you. Happy new year, my friend!

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well articulated. I hope your melancholy turns around. Thank you so much dear poet and friend for this nice visit.

[MCS]

Oh, so many images your words paint. I wish to hold on to hope that we can find calm waters.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Me too. Thank you so much dear poet and friend for this wonderful review and sharing.
HNY

[MCS]

In 2025 I'm trying to apply this mindset: It does not matter what you bear, but how you bear it. ~ Seneca

[Sami Khalil]

I love it. Good advice

[Thomas W Case]

Beautiful imagery. Powerful work.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Thank you so much dear poet and friend for this wonderful review and timely visit.
Happy New Year

[redd Brick Keshner]

This poem’s imagery of the sun, rising waves, and the dichotomy between weariness and hope evokes a powerful sense of change and possibility. Your call to cast aside the ghosts of the past and embrace new vantage points is both inspiring and thought-provoking. Thank you for sharing this beautiful and uplifting piece. Happy new year Sami 🙏🏻

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! Happy New Year to you too. Beautiful words said. Thank you so much dear poet for this wonderful review and time.

[redd Brick Keshner]

You’re welcome Sami 👍🏻🙏🏻🕊

[Sami Khalil]

:::::::)))))))))))

[Pete]

ah, a new year, what will it bring? will its winds bring fortune or troubles? there is much we can't control but we steer our destiny and can bravely accept our fate. as my muse wrote, "It's not what you like at that matters, it's what you see."

[Sami Khalil]

So true and well articulated dear poet and friend. I hope you have a good one. Thank you so much for your visit and sharing. HNY

[Betty Hermelee]

The new year to me and i see bits and pieces from you does not bring much hope….” some grow weary from the darker sense of things”…..i believe that is a common thread amongst many of us…..we definitely need something to lift our spirits…..what we have to look forward now is scary and perhaps dangerous because the landscape will change dramatically…. we do need some enlightenment……Happy aNew Year my friend!🎊🎊🎊🎊
warmly, B🙏

[redzone]

2025 draws near, let the Revolution for enlightenment commence!! or as Jimi and Dylan before him said, "... let's not speak falsely now, the hour's getting late."

I hope you and your loved ones have a very Happy New Year, Sami.
-Curt

[Sami Khalil]

So true and well articulated, well anticipated. Enlightenment is at hand to all who wish to make it a better world and year. Thank you sir for sharing and leading.