Analysis of Joyful Rhythms: A Verse of Purposeful Happiness - Part II



Stanza 39:
The harvest moon lights our passage on night walks through frosted fields.  
Her fullest face guides and protects, through her we're revealed.
She spotlights hidden corners, illuminates all once concealed.
Bathed in her glow shadows hold less terror and we stand steeled.  
On this lunar pilgrimage intuitions surface and solidify,
Within her embrace we sense our power, fears and doubts pacified.

Stanza 40:
We bare our hearts and truths at dawn, most fragile time of day.  
When mists still cling to fields and fool stars linger though fading away.  
Words manifest but half-formed, whispered hopes freighted yet astray.   
It feels riskier delving deep in liminal realms ere night gives way.
Yet in first light there is purity, honesty flowing free, uncorrupted.  
Vision undimmed by judgments of others, courage bolstered in sectors uninterrupted.  

Stanza 41:
Steam rises as water transforms, spirit freed by fire.   
Through heat and flame matter is remade, releasing that which no longer serves.    
As old forms dissolve they make way for the new, all improved by risk and burn.   
We offer tea, leaves and herbs transformed to fill empty cups return.   
The gift of warmth we share with loved ones, bonds strengthened as cares we spurn.   
Over this too we alchemize, even agonies to hope we turn.

Stanza 42:
We dance with abandon to beats primeval, gyrating in circles feral.   
The pounding heart of Mother Earth seizes hold from within each sternum.   
We whirl faster transported, ego shed as old skins nocturnal.  
Part human, beast and spirit we cavort under moon's glow diurnal.   
Star sisters in sky flicker and call, we spin encompassing all eternal.  
In trance we embrace the cosmos, briefly one with forces supernal.  

Stanza 43:  
On precipices we linger undaunted, though storms crash and plunder surrounding.  
Winds howl yet we stand firm, resolute as peaks skyward reaching.  
We feel the tempest's full fury, but stillness anchors deep underpinning.   
Chaos swirls but we remain yet, battered but never swaying nor yielding.
We trust storms too must pass, as all conditions transitory unending.   
We patiently abide their hour, through ferocity and rage unbending.

Stanza 44:  
We hold faith when blinded in dark halls, uncertain what lurks ahead.   
With tentative steps we feel our way, hands grazing along cold walls.  
Though each turn seems another trap, we know there must be a door.   
If we falter friends propel us on, their strength lent to conquer weekly spells.  
Guided thus we persist ever onward, despair thwarted and light impels.   
Till finally we emerge delivered, joyful in sunlight as victory knells.  

Stanza 45:
We scatter seeds with abandon, releasing hopes to winds and waters.   
Not knowing what may flourish, but ripe creation's fields still to foster.  
We till the soil patiently preparing it for whatever sprouts unfurl.  
Some seeds will perish mid-germination, or sprout then die still early.  
We accept this loss as part of the process, new cycles churning ceaselessly.  
Barren times make later bounty sweeter, when crops grow dense, diversity burly.  

Stanza 46:  
We chant with drums ancient and venerable, invoking powers aboriginal.   
Rhythms conjure forces invisible, reverberating through flesh and bone corporeal.  
Our bodies resound caverns sheltering spirits, portals to realms ethereal.   
Locks open as we vibrate at frequencies transcendent, ego shell pierced astral.  
On waves of percussion we ride heavenly, unbound by mortal chains terrestrial.  
Exalted thus we sense our infinitude, existence expansive and celestial.  

Stanza 47:  
We sit in quietudes, observing thoughts flow by on streams continuous.   
Untethered they journey to some far sea, we anchor in stillness bodacious.   
Calm eddies within grow wider till everything tranquil and spacious.  
In depths profound truth shines, veils of illusion now gossamer and gracious.  
We marvel at the peace found within, only our radiance left and luminous.   
Merged with divine Self timeless, severances healed joyous.

Stanza 48:   
We bare our naked truths under moon's glow, her beams stripping pretense.  
In darkness we expose our shadows, hidden parts kept behind tense fences.  
As her light touches hitherto buried aspects, love integrates all commences.  
Reunified internally we no longer exile any fragments ambivalent.   
Now bathed wholly in lunar radiance we shimmer proud, joy resplendent.  
Illuminated from within night's embrace, we glow bold, true powers splendid.

Stanza 49:   
We embrace pain as teacher, though lessons brutal and astringent.   
Finding meaning in suffering helps transmute wounds once raw and stringent.   
Though ghost scars may remain they ache less, sentiment now poignant.  
With time and care trauma can alchemize, leaving us wiser and indigent.   
Having touched rock bottom we cherish heights reached more bounteous.   
All experience enriches, even that which pierced us...once consciously embracive.

Stanza 50:  
We welcome aging's stages, each transition unique in its own glory.   
As time writes itself on flesh we stay rooted in our unaging story.   
These vessels weather and change but spirit remains eternal forever more.  
With grace and courage we move through life's phases, wisdom gained in each corridor.  
We walk ahead with patience and trust, knowing there are no dead ends fate has in store.   
No need to cling to fleeting beauty, inner light ever glowing from our core.

Stanza 51:  
Harmonies rouse the spirit, disparate voices blending euphonious.   
Separate melodies swell joining in chorus exalted and sonorous.  
We add our note to the song, feeling connection through music glorious.  
Egos soften as sounds braid together, woven by hands ingenious.  
In symphonic swell all differences dissolve, existence suddenly harmonious.  
United with brothers and sisters through tones and beats mellifluous.

Stanza 52:  
We dance around fires ancient, celebrating cycles of death and rebirth.   
Yule's return fills us with hope, even darkest night gives way to light.   
We hold faith when blinded that dawn will come again post solstice night.  
Darkness makes stars more visible, revealing heavens twinkling bright.  
Shadows are teachers reminding us all things temporal, ever in flight.   
Even stone turns to dust eventually, only spirit lasts beyond life's plight.

Stanza 53:  
Lost in fetal caves we rediscover womb-like comforts primordial and uterine.   
Cocooned in earthly caverns we reconnect through stone's silent wisdom subterranean.   
Sheltered thus from furious elements we turn inward, meditative and serene.   
Enveloped by Gaia we remember our matter-bound divinity terrene.  
We align to deep rhythms comforting in their eternal cadence pristine.   
Reborn we emerge centered again through mineral release...calcite, gypsum and selenite phantasmagoric sheen.

Stanza 54:  
We honor cycles endlessly turning, each phase integral in its season.   
Darkness aids light's return again each morn, death feeds new life with reason.  
Rise and fall of breath's tide, in and out flowing lunation's cadence.   
All moves in rhythms ordained; to this we attune for mind's ease.  
Absolutes dissolve as we embrace each transition with calm patience.   
Seeing life more wholistically in flux fluctuating sans permanence.

Stanza 55:  
We stir primordial cauldrons and chant over steaming brews heady.  
Arcane ingredients obtained from forests and heaths windy.   
Potions concocted on Samhain's power, portals opened liberally.  
Between worlds we now walk freely, consulting spirits lofty.   
In witch's quarters truths ethereal seep through walls steady.  
We commune by firelight with those beyond flesh unready.   

Stanza 56:  
Homeward we fly on shamanic journeys, winged and light in realms empyreal,  
We traverse celestial seas, glimpse heavens and hells beyond earth's veil.  
Past vast galaxies we navigate guided by rhythmic drumming mundane yet regal.  
Worlds without limitation we explore, no distance far or corner forbidden too frail.  
Our silver cords keep us bound safe to mortal selves, else we might decide to set sail   
on astral tides forever roaming, now voyaging beyond planets as foreign crew inhale.  

Stanza 57:
We greet each dawn with outstretched arms, honey gold spilling like mead.  
Light's first rays anoint us afresh with hope, nightmares of darkness recede.  
As sun surmounts horizon all possibility glows, dreams reborn and plant seeds.  
In day's early moments potentials abound, doubts and fears but weeds.   
We set forth with optimism renewed, yesterday's failures conceded.   
Boldly we stride into today's unknown, heart's compass our lead.

Stanza 58:  
We hold faith when forces rage around us, waters churning and air seething.  
Standing stoic like old oaks who have weathered all, resolute trunks still breathing.  
Winds may howl battering ruthless but deep roots below keep us secured.  
Our hearts tremble yet trust in the tempest's import, upheavals endured.   
With strong spirits tempered by time's passage, this too shall pass rest assured.   
We do not cling when lightning strikes, but wait patient for clouds to clear demurred.  

Stanza 59:
Laughter's glow sustains us more than bread, mirth's wine brings cheer unfurled.   
Hearts lift through shared joy and glee, music's touch can ravish the world.  
Smiles shine light into dark days ahead, humor's rays see hopes impearled.   
Friends comfort truer than any coin, wisdom cleaves diamonds once furled.   
Finding meaning in simple delights untold makes spirits buoyed light as a curl.   
Joy's fragrance infuses all with beauty, sorrow's ashes thus forever entombed and curled.

Stanza 60:  
We have walked this winding road before, life's labyrinth cycles familiar refrains.   
The seasons come and go, each unfolding in order ordained.   
Though details may vary, the underlying form remains unchanged.   
Archetypes arise in different cloaks, time's threads woven as fates arranged.   
In this we find comfort, life's mysteries feel less chaotic unchained.  
We hold faith history won't fully repeat, new choices can still rearrange the gyres and coils of time's skeins.

The poem is part of a full version found in the book “Homo Sapiens” Part Part I - XVIII, written by Mawphniang Napoleon. This book is part of the popular “Homo Sapiens” book series, which can be purchased online at various online bookstores, such as Amazon. The book is available for purchase for those who are interested in reading the complete version of the poem. Remember to get all the books from the “Homo Sapiens” series, as well as other books by the same author.   So, don’t hesitate and get a copy today from one of the many online bookstores.   Khublei Shihajar Nguh,  (Dhanewad  )(Thank you )


Scheme AXBBBCX ADDDDBE AFXGGGG AHXHHHH AIIIIII AJXKXAA AXFLMMM AHHHHHH ANANNNN AXOOPPX APPPPAC AMMKFKK AANNNNA AXQQQQQ ARRSGSS ARRTXTT AMMMMMB AHUHUUU AVVWWEJ AIIXXXX AYYBBLY AZX1 1 BZ X
Poetic Form
Metre 10 0101110101111101 0101100110101 1110100101101 1001111100111 11101001100010 0100111101010110 10 111010111110111 1111110111011001 1101111011101 111001010111111 1011111001001011 10111011010100100010 10 11011001101110 110110101010111101 111011111011011101 1101101011110101 0111111111101111 101111101001111 10 111010110101001010 0101110110110111 1110010101111010 11010101011011010 1100110011101001010 011010101011101 10 11110010111010010 11111110111010 1101110110101100 101110111011010110 11111111010100010 110001110101000110 10 1111100110101101 11001111011100111 111101011111101 111010111111110101 10110110100110011 1100101010100111001 10 11011010010111010 110111011111110 11011000101110101 1111010101111110 101111110111010100 10111010101111010010 10 11111001000010100100 1010100100010011011 10101101001010110100 11011101100010101110 111010111000111010100 0101111010100100010 10 1101010111110100 111011111100101 1100111011010010 010111110101100010 110101101101010010100 11011101110 10 11101011011011001 010101101101101110 10110111011101010 01001001110110100100 111001010011011010 010010110111111010 10 1011110110100010 1010010011111010 111101111100110 11011011101100100 1011101101111 101000101011111001 10 11011010100101110 11101111110010110 1101001110010100101 1101011111010101100 11011100110111111101 11111101010110101101 10 100101010010101 101001100100100100 1110110110010110100 10101110101011010 0010111000010101000100 01011001011011 10 110110101001011001 1011111101011111 1111101111011101 10111100010101001 11100101111001001 10111101000101010111 10 1010110010111001000100 101010100111101000100 10111001001110100001 01011010101010101001 1011110100010101010 111011001110011001011 10 1101010010111000110 10110101111111110 10111100110110 110100111101111 1001110110101110 10111011001100 10 1101001011010110 10100011100110 10010111010101000 011111100101010 010101010011110 11011110111 10 10111110101011 1100101110010111 11100110101101001110 101010101110111010011 10101111111011111111 110101010110110110101 10 111110111011011 1110110111111001 111010101001111011 0110100100110111 1111100011010010 1011010101110101 10 111110101110100110 101011111101101110 11110010111011101 10110110010101001 11101011101111101 111111011110111101 10 11011111111101 11111011011101 11101110111111 1101011011011011 10100100101110101101 110010111011010100101 10 1111101011101001001 010101101001001 101110001010101 10010100111101101 0111101100110101 1111001100111011010101111 01011101101001101001111101101001111101001010011011110111001111100110100110111110001000110101001011101101010010111101101101110010100111101011111111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 10,876
Words 1,847
Sentences 137
Stanzas 23
Stanza Lengths 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 1
Lines Amount 155
Letters per line (avg) 55
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 370
Words per stanza (avg) 72

About this poem

This poem beautifully explores the journey of life, with each stanza delving into diverse aspects of human experience. The imagery of the harvest moon, the vulnerability at dawn, the alchemy of pain, and the celebration of aging forms a rich tapestry. The rhythmic dance of words invites readers on a profound exploration of existence, where joy, sorrow, and growth intertwine.

Font size:
 

Written on July 12, 2021

Submitted by Mawphniang.Napoleon on November 12, 2023

9:25 min read
0

Mawphniang Napoleon

Mawphniang is a person who is always striving to live life to the fullest. He is someone who is always open to new ideas and ways of living and is unafraid to take risks in order to explore the unknown. He is passionate about life and is always looking for ways to make use of his time and energy. He has an inquisitive nature, and is always looking for answers to life's mysteries and questions. Though Mawphniang does not pretend to have all the answers, he is determined to taste life and live a simple life, without overcomplicating things. He's a person who appreciates the small moments and cherishes the little things in life. He enjoys spending time in nature, exploring the world, and connecting with people. He is a person who is always up for a new adventure and never stops learning. He is on a daily journey of self-discovery, trying to make sense of the world and his place in it. more…

All Mawphniang Napoleon poems | Mawphniang Napoleon Books

3 fans

Discuss this Mawphniang Napoleon poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Joyful Rhythms: A Verse of Purposeful Happiness - Part II" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/173579/joyful-rhythms%3A-a-verse-of-purposeful-happiness---part-ii>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    May 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    22
    days
    14
    hours
    32
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Who is the author of the poem "The Raven"?
    A Emily Dickinson
    B Robert Frost
    C Edgar Allan Poe
    D Langston Hughes