A Sijo
my outward calm belies my heart's and mind's inner commotion; a drop from the fourth floor balcony splatters in the courtyard; my mouth goes dry as I consider human suffering.
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.
Moonwashed weekly prompt #141
Let’s write poetry together!
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)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
The Skeptic's Kaddish ๐ฎ๐ฑ 
Beautiful and unsettling. Isnโt it the job of poetry, to lift us out of complacency? โค
๐ ๐๐ป Cheryl ๐๐ป ๐ ~ I suppose so!
[โฆ] Aboli Mane12. Sadje13. ben Alexander14. Reena Saxena15. Lilli Ann Carey16. Nicole17. Paeansunplugged18. Susi โ I Write Her19. [โฆ]
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Excellent. You write so beautifully.
๐ ๐๐ป Indira ๐๐ป ๐ ~ merรงi beaucoup!
~David
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๐ค๐๐ป Filipa ๐๐ป๐ค
So very apt, so very unsettling, and so very superbly written. ๐
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one –
The Beatles – Imagine All The People
๐งก๐๐ป Eugi ๐๐ป๐งก
๐David๐
Beautiful poetry โ๐
Interesting write up ๐
๐๐๐ป D. A. ๐๐ป๐ ~ thank you