Sijo is composed in three lines, each line having 14-16 syllables,
for a total count of between 44-46 syllables for the entire poem out of Asia.
A Sailor's Dilemma
Unable to hide love or smoke, he sails in the morning to drift
into the colorless sea life pressed within time's dusty pages -
between old and new, to decide if he still feels the same for her
A Pioneer's Tale
Lewis & Clark at mouth of Columbia River
Fearlessly guarded in her Bible, between books Matthew and John
since 1853, for spirited native hearts unbroken
a four leaf clover still wafer thin, picked from a burnished meadow
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A Pink Moon
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A Pioneer's Tale
Fearlessly guarded in her Bible, between books Matthew and John
since 1853, for spirited native hearts unbroken
a four leaf clover still wafer thin, picked from a burnished meadow
~~~
A Pink Moon
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Gathering at cusp of twilight, they honked under their breaths, gaggling
A pink rouge of sun set behind the mountains, their destination
little effort ascending to greet their domain, dark silhouettes
