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.
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
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
~~~
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