Night

Contemplation on night

Night is for rest and night is for peace,
Night calls all home for a sound sleep.
Night has treasures to give us bliss,
Night offers  sweet dream and lovely tip.
Night allows us to meet our kith and kin,
Night gives us memories that are green.

Though night seems benign most of the time,
It may bring misfortune and painful chime.
When calamities strike in the night,
People get nervous out of fright.
When a fire breaks out in the night,
The residents face a woeful plight.
Quake,cyclone,fire,flood and landslide,
Inflict more harm to lives in the night.

Night may be heaven and night may be hell,
What happens next moment,nobody can tell.
Let's pray for safe nights, full of peace,
Let's hope for divine blessing,eternal bliss.

Reviews

[TLK]

Contrary to JASMINE, I quite like the repetition of the word 'night'. It seems to complement the half-rhymes at the end of each sentence. I think that, being a poem about 'night', it's not overkill to use the word so regularly. Rather than being a poem of imagery, it is a poem of relationships -- it defines night and tells us what to expect from it. Rather than a piece of symbolic writing, it is more like an oral poem passed down to express traditional meanings. I can see this kind of structure being important for a community to pass on shared knowledge and values.

[zainul]

Thanks for your admiring review.I have been impressed by your depth of
reasoning.I feel very very inspired.

[Antonio Valentino]

you are just a sweet man my friend.. what a pure spirit you have you just radiate kindness and all things caring and innocent about humanity..

glad i got me some Zainul this evening.. im all the better for it..

blessings to you

:)

[zainul]

Thank you,Antonio for the kind words and very admiring review.
It is really difficult for me to find appropriate words to reciprocate your love for me.
Blessings to you too.
:)

[Antonio Valentino]

ahhh yes, well your soul deserves some love my friend.. any words alone are appropriate in themselves.. :)

[zainul]

Thanks a lot, my generous friend.
I always emphasize that I live in this amazing forum of litterateurs in love.
Thanks again for your kind words.

[Antonio Valentino]

of course kind sir.. :)

[Krystal L. Elliott]

I loved this poem from start to finish. My favorite time of day is night, that sounded like a good oxymoron. This poem was enchanting and held so much truth. Thank you so much for the lovely poem. Keep up the good work!

[zainul]

Dear Krystal,
Thank you for your wonderful and admiring review.
I am learning many new meanings of words and patterns every day from the learned writers like you.
I adore your valuable comments.
Sincerely yours,
Zainul

[Krystal L. Elliott]

I am far from a learned writer, but thank you for the compliment! =)

[zainul]

Thanks also for your polite gesture =)

[Marie]

I have to agree with TLK; you have to use two "nights" in your first stanza to make the verse scan. Night offers us much that is good, and threatens us with just as much.

[Eloha]

Marie it appears you have found the Zainul. The "Zainul" is a poetic device that captures the essence of a thing in preferably haiku-like greatness!

[Marie]

It seems I have...though I thought a haiku was about nature.

[Eloha]

Good point, I neglected to remember that. However, I'm sure we can come to some kind of mutual agreement just exactly what a Zainul is, once we study his work sufficiently :P

[Marie]

Oh yes. I'll check out some more of his work.

[zainul]

Thanks Marie,for your precious suggestions and admiring review.
I have fallen into a dilemma.
I hope to emerge from it soon.

[zainul]

I am very grateful to Eloha for the honor.
I can't express how to reciprocate the generosity of Eloha.

[Stanley Wilson]

great job really enjoyed it thanks for sharing

[zainul]

Thank you,Stanley for your inspiring review.
I feel very honored by your kind words.

[Ray]

This is a great picture of the night, both frightening and appeasing. I loved the choice of words and you really made it captivating and simple. I suppose that's how the truth is supposed to be :) Great read !

[zainul]

Thank you for the very admiring review.
I have to appreciate your lovely words about truth. :)

[J. J. Nightingale]

This has a heart .. and I like it .. Just one suggestion, if I may .. Use only one "Night" in the first stanza .. I like the style of this one .. and the message ..

Jasmine :)

[zainul]

Thank you Jasmine for the inspiring review.
Thanks also for the great suggestion.
I have taken your suggestion and will see how it can be complied.
Zainul :)

[Amanda]

The first two lines of the last stanza are my favorite. Nice poem :)

[zainul]

Thank you, Amanda for your very admiring review.