
awaiting the echoes
from mountains, melodies
transform nature’s beauty
into music
© Eugenia Hoffman
Abhanga (or abhang), per Wikipedia, is a form of devotional poetry sung in praise of the Hindu god Vitthal, also known as Vithoba. As a love poem, mine is a form of devotional. The elements of abhanga are as follows:
• stanzaic, written in any number of 4 line stanzas.
• syllabic, 6-6-6-4 syllables each
• rhyme pattern … x-a-a-x, where x does not rhyme
• often internal rhyme is employed
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Beautiful. I had not heard of this form.
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Thank you, VJ! It is new to me, as well.
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Well done! Welcome
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love 🖤
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❤️
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Love this poem.
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Thank you, Sadje!
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You’re welcome my friend
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Love it!
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Thank you!
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Wrote one this evening – https://www.djranch.org/2021/03/11/abhanga-longing-the-end/
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❤️
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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A very interesting format Eugenia, and you worded this one delightfully..
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Thank you, Ivor!❤️
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