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A Sijo

Posted on March 2, 2019 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poetic Bloomings – InForm Poet:  Sijo “Sijo is the classic form of unrhymed poetry in Korea. Sijo have three long lines. Each line varies between 14 and 16 syllables, with the middle line the longest. The first line … Continue reading →

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Sijo

Posted on October 7, 2017 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Poems of Garden Gnomes – Form Friday:  Sijo Sijo is the classic form of unrhymed poetry in Korea. Sijo have three long lines. Each line varies between 14 and 16 syllables, with the middle line the longest. The … Continue reading →

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A Sijo*

Posted on August 20, 2015 by purplepeninportland

Written for:  Carpe Diem Tokubetsudescu #57, Sijo, the ancent *Sijo share a common history with haiku and other Japanese forms. Sijo is a modern term for a Korean style of lyrical poetry, originally called tanga (literally, “short song”). The sijo strongly … Continue reading →

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Conversation On Roses

Posted on September 7, 2013 by purplepeninportland

  Rosebuds dried brown and crackled before they could fully bloom. I overheard expert advise a woman to cut where three leaves joined, even if buds were present.  I pruned my rosebush, watched it flourish.   Written for:  Carpe Diem/Sijo

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