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Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/29/2009 5:02 PM EDT
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Interested in trying your hand at sijo? Post a poem here by Friday, July 3, and Professor David McCann will choose his favorites. We will publish the winners July 14. Read more about sijo from the Globe: The new haiku? (June 30) Here’s a description of sijo and a guide to the syllable count in each line: - Sijo is a traditional form of Korean poetry that was originally meant to be sung. Like the haiku, it consists of three lines, but its lines are much longer. - Like the haiku, the sijo contains a turn at the end. In the haiku, the turn combines images presented in the first two lines. The sijo’s final line starts with a twist and ends with resolution. - Each line of a sijo consists of a string of four shorter phrases. In lines one and two, the first phrase is three syllables long, the second is four syllables, the third is three or four syllables, and the last phrase is four syllables. The syllable count in the final line is 3, 5, 4, 3. |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 11:37 AM EDT
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Remembering Her
She thrives silently in my aching heart although she is gone. Causing me to feel her presence within my deepest parts; then I remember how caustic she could be when she was here.
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 1:33 PM EDT
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Proud Possession
Son, Baller He is ready Play hard I yell This is your chance He is deaf Galloping, fast Ready to pounce Makes the big play He sits there Awaiting his turn It, never comes GRADES DO COUNT! |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 4:42 PM EDT
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There on the paddy he kneels in the teeming air, he prepares a dressing to press over the gaping hole. Done he looks to the sky above, no rescue birds are twirling their reflective light. Maybe his soul will fly alone. |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 7:49 PM EDT
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Don't depend on me I say with concern, and some anger; You need to do this yourself without my prompts, I cry again; Fly away! Your mended wing lifts, skyward eagle getting small; |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 9:05 PM EDT
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In Response to Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo: Interested in trying your hand at sijo? Post a poem here by Friday, July 3 , and Professor David McCann will choose his favorites. We will publish the winners July 14. Read more about sijo from the Globe: The new haiku? (June 30) Here’s a description of sijo and a guide to the syllable count in each line: - Sijo is a traditional form of Korean poetry that was originally meant to be sung. Like the haiku, it consists of three lines, but its lines are much longer. - Like the haiku, the sijo contains a turn at the end. In the haiku, the turn combines images presented in the first two lines. The sijo’s final line starts with a twist and ends with resolution.- Each line of a sijo consists of a string of four shorter phrases. In lines one and two, the first phrase is three syllables long, the second is four syllables, the third is three or four syllables, and the last phrase is four syllables. The syllable count in the final line is 3, 5, 4, 3. Posted by BDCAEStaff School: Day One Butterflies, why am I scared; since I have done this before. The summer has come to an end, but learning has yet to begun. First period bell is ringing, as I run to my first class. - By Alex Bryan |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? -- 2 tries
posted at 6/30/2009 10:27 PM EDT
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2009 Good reviews, lead to no raise, more time at work, more stress each day. Revenues, falling too fast, executives behave strangely. Laid off by the hatchet man, I'm free to do better things. Different Confident, noses turned up, they are proper, even elite. The right noves, the right haircut; With the looks, they are called pure. Heading in she feels self-conscious; They accept her, the cute mutt. |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 10:28 PM EDT
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He approached with implement Tension high, concentration. Paths are clear, joy or failure. Meteor hurled, calculation. The report, the redirection. The baseball soars, a grand slam. |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 6/30/2009 10:47 PM EDT
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in\free\dependence step over broken bottles sprayed stencils and traces of dog dodge the stench of rat trash alleys hollering stoop-sitting men find yourself in love with the one way street that just became yours |
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First Light
posted at 6/30/2009 11:08 PM EDT
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Venus glows, the full moon proud, their last hurrah as darkness fades. Far below, golfers are patient. They all have dreams, heaven on earth. Sunlight hints. Balls arch like comets, each one greeting dawn's early light. |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 7/1/2009 6:42 AM EDT
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THE NEW PUPPY They bring the black pup to their home with its varnished floors and unstained rugs. Books are read about crate training so there will be no “accidents.” They name her with the tag Sadie meaning “Lady” and not “Tramp.” |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 7/1/2009 9:01 AM EDT
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Life |
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 7/1/2009 9:06 AM EDT
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ceremony
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Re: Has the muse moved you? Try your hand at Sijo
posted at 7/1/2009 9:12 AM EDT
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Cool Rains
From under the porch it came to nibble nasturtium leaves. For days it chose new green plants brought about by cool rains. With varied tastes it grew quite big, then appeared the cat, Raven. |