Luminance: Flash Journal: Ghazals

No other form of poetry transports you like the ghazal. It has an incantatory effect on the reader. Part of that effect comes from the repeats at the end of each stanza, which create a powerful rhythmic iteration. This second volume of the Flash Journal series by Bill Bowling is a collection of ghazals. The thematic element is light, and the force of light in all its manifestations. The ghazal is an ancient poetic form used to wondrous results by Rumi and other classic and modern poets, and the intent with this volume was to approach the level of poetic utterance that has been achieved with this great form. The poet has made a valiant and artful attempt. May your reading be wondrous and illuminating.