Shangri-Lah (landay couplet)
you are out of reach, away so far,
i set out, on a hopeless journey, to Shangri-Lah
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Landay
A form of folk poetry from Afghanistan. Meant to be recited or sung aloud, and frequently anonymous, the form is a couplet comprised of 22 syllables. The first line has 9 syllables and the second line 13 syllables. Landays end on “ma” sounds and rhymes and treat themes such as love, grief, homeland, war, and separation.
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(This one is not anonymous – I wrote it)