Sijo 1
The rapid rattle fire, red tracers screaming in silent air,
woke me from half dream sleep--eyes open are better than eyes closed,
when ears are filled with black noise, and Victor Charlie wants me dead
Dec 10, 2011
Dec 10, 2011 at 4:52 PM UTC
Sijo 1
The rapid rattle fire, red tracers screaming in silent air,
woke me from half dream sleep--eyes open are better than eyes closed,
when ears are filled with black noise, and Victor Charlie wants me dead
I just read about this form, Sijo (Korean origin, 3 lines, pause in each line, 14-16 syllables in each line) and thought I would try it. In my first offering, "Victor Charlie" was one of the appellations we used for the Viet Cong when I was in Vietnam
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