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Poemasabi May 2013
They say "it's never easy to go home"
Which is true, sometimes.

I went home today to the hole where, until two days ago
the house where I had spent most of my life before marriage
stood.
It's gone now leaving only a hole
and as big as the hole looked
in the bright sunshine of a Connecticut Sunday in May
It is not as big, I know, as the hole in my sibling's heart
having had to say good bye to the only house
she had ever known.
Poemasabi Apr 2013
The service dog sees
that among the children
his veteran is safe
but still, he watches
Poemasabi Apr 2013
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
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.
Poemasabi Apr 2013
Re-awakened grass reaches from last week's cut and for today, wins
Poemasabi Apr 2013
Bright green buds on dead sticks as Hydrangea, like Lazarus, rises.
Poemasabi Apr 2013
With blooms apparent, "crocus patch" revealed as amaryllis instead.
Poemasabi Apr 2013
Happy day
Moving from
Old to new
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