Ode to a New Year

Happy and blessed New Year...

Ode to a New Year        

By Sami Khalil

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

[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

[Red 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.

[Red Brick Keshner]

You’re welcome Sami 👍🏻🙏🏻🕊

[Sami Khalil]

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

[Re-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.

[Fabian G. Franklin]

The Doomsday Clock is one minute to midnight. Hope is a hard thing to hold when every act of mankind makes the path of truth and light more slippery and unstable. But I do hope. I hope for a wonderful year for us all. And I hope yours is the best.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! I love how you use wisdom to highlight man's many doings , past and present; many great things some did, many evil, destructive others did.
I hope man can see the light eventually as some of us do. Thank you so much for sharing your wishes and lending humanity your utmost support. May you and your be blessed as always in His loving mercy.
Happy New Year sir Fabian!