At Rest: A Sijo

Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Destiny, asks us to write
a poem using one or more of the
Urdu words she has provided.
Inspiration from an image by
Brian at bushboys world.

My word choice is qaraar (قَرار), pronounced “kuh-RAAR”, which means “a quiet sense of peace, something that steadies you and helps you feel settled.

the morning sun breaks through the clouds,
casting silver on the bay,
a solitary vessel glides across the waters,
vast and deep,
in this quiet grace of qaraar,
the world slows down and finds its rest.

NAR©2026
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This is “Sailing” by Christopher Cross

W3 Prompt #232: Wea’ve Written Weekly

Boats of all sorts

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