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Poetry Friday: A couple of sijo

February 20, 2009 By Laura

Each week, I say to myself, I need to do the Poetry Stretch at The Miss Rumphius Effect. And then somehow the week is gone.

But yesterday, I forced myself to commit a few minutes because the form this week is short–sijo–and I’ve written a couple of them before and liked them. I was thinking they wouldn’t be too tough, but I struggled with them. I couldn’t think of the twists…the punchlines.

Oh well. Here’s what I came up with:

 

Cart Wheel


No wagon rides the single wheel; but it still marks the spongecake grass

Circling, flying, sweeping round, approaching/avoiding September

Spokes of arms and legs spin by–her back carries a cargo of sun


Saying the Wrong Thing


Butterflies escape my mouth riding breezes of politeness

I admire their purples and patterns even as they float away

‘Til one morphs into a wasp, shaming me with its sleek sting

 

It’s not too late to join in! Just click on the link at the beginning of this post to read about sijo!

And check out the Poetry Friday roundup at The Holly and the Ivy.

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