A Sijo
the hiatuses between the bells' clear vowels diminish, as eyelids flutter / open to Truth in that first moment; the insistent ringing echoes your pulse pounding and own mind
Sijo?
A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a โturn,โ and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.
Prompts
Twiglets #318
Moonwashed weekly prompt
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When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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โค๏ธ
So whimsical
๐๐๐ป Mich ๐๐ป๐
Great write My Friend.
๐๐๐ป Goff ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks so much
~David
Cheers.๐
Superb blending of prompts and beautiful imagery, David! ๐
๐๐๐ป Eugi ๐๐ป๐ ~ thanks; in my research, I learned of the vowel hiatus!
๐David ๐
I’ve never written a sijo. Yours rings true to the format of the three line story. I liked it.
๐๐๐ป Heather ๐๐ป๐ ~ for me, this form allows just the right amount of flexibility to tell a short story! Thanks!
~David
You’re welcome.
Nicely done, David.
๐ค๐๐ป Misky ๐๐ป๐ค ~ thank you!
Wonderfully written!!
๐๐๐ป Kriti ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you!
~David
You’re most welcome David!๐ค
โTruth in that first moment; the insistent ringing echoes your pulse pounding and own mind โ
Is it and or an own mind
It rings two different feelings
To the effect of the fading vowels.
๐๐๐ป Abi ๐๐ป๐ ~ beautifully written
๐๐
(Which one ๐)
I’m teasing
Thank you poet.
โthe hiatuses between the bells’ clear vowels diminish, โ
I can hear the soft tingling echoes of the bells ringing in a summer hiatus.
Enjoy
๐ ๐๐ป Abi ๐๐ป ๐ ~ ๐โฃ๏ธ
๐๐โฃ๐๐๐ผ
Wonderful imagery!
โค๏ธ๐๐ป Muri ๐๐ปโค๏ธ
So well written my friend
๐๐๐ป Sadje ๐๐ป๐
๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ
a steady reminder
๐ค๐๐ป Beth ๐๐ป๐ค ~ thank you!
~David