"I was amazed by the response to the Globe’s story on the sijo and call for some poems. The posts were terrific. I liked a bunch of them, but had to trim down to six, so let me mention these 13 as among my favorites: Custody; Empty Nest OR?; The long drive to the Cape; There he sits, apart from me; Real Estate; Priorities; Different; Restlessly, like a racehorse; Big Papi (pictured); Eighth of nine; Open Field; Rain Undone; Fireworks.

Back in the 1930s, a Korean sijo poet, Yi Pyonggi, wrote a column for a Korean newspaper calling for the revitalization of the sijo, and suggested trying new expressions, forms, and subjects more contemporary than the traditional, historical examples. The Globe’s readers have done that, with English-language sijo about a great variety of subjects, from baseball to back alleys, and with some effective handling of the form as well."