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Dusk Song (Sijo)

Hard to know the number of "friends" that live out past where lawn meets wet

Their dusk song speaks of a throng that participates post sunset

Slick wet sopranos sing a stream with sudden baritone splashes

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Written by
skip-ploss-1
American
Published
Apr 26, 2013
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3·36
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With apologies to the collection, this is not Haiku, Tanka etc but shares common DNA in form and substance. Sijo is new to me and I am not an expert. From what I've read, it's an older Korean form comprised of three lines of between 14-16 syllables. Each line is split into four sections of between 3-5 syllables. Those smaller sections should also work as phrases. There is a musical feel to it. The the same ideas expressed in Haiku are expressed here too, nature, seasons etc. I learned about it on d"Verse (dversepoets.com). For me, there's a lot more work involved than Haiku but it was fun to play with something new.

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