Oh the mixed-up emotions of being back in London
Knowing you never ever can win London
At first it seems like a dream of English perfection
But then, you’ve always been good at spin, London
Your welcoming arms mask impervious charms
And they say everyone living here’s kin, London
How many folks when they dream of a place
Immediately go off and pin London?
Grimy streets and houses, all the same old shops
And you really could use some more bins London
But then there’s that energy, heady and strong
Delicious dens of vice, carousing and sin London
I may have moved on, but your pull is still strong
Feel you under my skin to chagrin, London
And yet I D-Claire, again I am here
Dirty-pretty auld town you’re a djinn, London
Today’s prompt was to write a ghazal. The form was originally developed in Arabic and Persian poetry, but has become increasingly used in English, after being popularized by poets including Agha Shahid Ali. A ghazal is formed of couplets, each of which is its own complete statement. Both lines of the first couplet end with the same phrae or end-word, and that end-word is also repeated at the end of each couplet. If you’re really feeling inspired, you can also attempt to incorporate internal rhymes and a reference to your own name in the final couplet.
This is my first-ever ghazal 🙂
clairevetica 
What a clever way to reference yourself in that last couplet. Brava to your success with the form!
Thankyou !
More adventure and stories to spin London
Wouldja believe I used to do London spin doctoring for a living? 😉
Love it!
Thankyou!
And yet, I D-Claire, what a success for your first Ghazal. I’m in awe! Well done 🙂
Thankyou Will x
This is such a complicated form. Well done. (K)
Thankyou!
That was brilliant, D-Claire! I loved all of it – your address to London, the rhymes that lead to your refrain, and, of course, your last couplet. I had a grin as I came to the word “djinn” (oh, and incidentally, that is one of my favorite words, in general).
Congratulations on being featured poet!
Wanted to mention something about “a tonic and gin, London” but djinn is so much classier : )
Fantastic Claire, and congrats on the GloPoWriMo feature!
Thankyou !