Bicentenary Poems and Prose

Call of the Nightingale

Call of the Nightingale:
To The Blessed Beauty

Reverberating
from the Garden of Ridvan1
God's Nightingale calls
to the Children of The Book,
to the followers
of all religions or none.
Echoing across
the Earth the nightingale's song
proclaims unity,
forgiveness of sins, and a
new heaven and a new Earth.

Poet's Note: ▼

The form is Naga Uta, which is a Japanese form meaning "long song". The syllable count is similar to a haiku. The poem begins with a syllable count of 5/7/5/7/5/7 with the last two line having seven syllables--5/7/7. The poem can be as long as a person wants and there is no rhyme. For more information on this form see https://blackbirdink.wordpress.com/writing-techniques/write-a-naga-uta/. This is Poem 86 of 200 Dedicated to the Blessed Beauty.

Footnotes
1  Paradise