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A sijo is a classic form of unrhymed poetry in Korea consisting of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, but there is more to sijo. What is sijo in poetry (complete definition)?

Premium Member That's All
That's all I ever have wanted to hear you yourself say, That you miss all of those times ever since that very day. That's all I need to hear, if we never again have it that way....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, romance, romantic,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member A Matter of the Heart
Matter of the Heart I tell you of my love, but sometimes don’t mean it especially when we disagree. You tell of me of your love but sometimes don’t mean it. It is all a matter of the...Read the rest...
Categories: lost,
Form: Sijo



Premium Member Ventilation
Melting his frozen heart means penetrating with words so loving, So the steam of his pain begins healthily releasing. So someday again we'll be together at a table feasting....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, soulmate, true
Form: Sijo

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Premium Member Time Slipping By
Lately time has been eluding me, going by so fast. It makes me afraid what we have attained again won't last. But I know most of how we had suffered is now all in the past....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, time,
Form: Sijo
Blue Eyes
Let the erotic flower bloom in the stormy waves of pink heart Let the purified verse of the conjugal life come to the breaths Let the autumnal drizzling flutters to the window of romance ©Mahtab Bangalee...Read the rest...
Categories: love,
Form: Sijo



Last Exam: A Sijo of Sorts
My exam is over and everyone is plugged in on phones earbuds in, except for him, who sleeps, slumped on desk, bag in front with me the only one who can hear him snoring. ...Read the rest...
Categories: 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member I Love You
I love your face as much as I love your enveloping embrace. I love your voice simply because I have no other choice. I love your body as much as I love how you are so naughty....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, i love
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Forbidden Love
Fated, yet forbidden, but still forever true lovers Always together beneath the warm Egyptian cotton covers. On a daily basis laying in bed embracing each other....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, i love
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Beneath The Cover
When the slave of God became the master of his lover, Their tectonic lovemaking had shook the world all over. Then they settled gently into an embrace beneath the cover....Read the rest...
Categories: lust, passion, sensual, sexy,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Gypsy Eyes
I saw black birds against cloud canvas, aestheticism in motion. I saw a rainbow tower meet sky, and I supposed a pot of gold. Everywhere jade gypsy eyes roam, ...Read the rest...
Categories: appreciation, art, nature, poetry,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Warriors
Cold granite warms our folded hands, fearsome warriors of intent prayer. Content not content to stay on surface, each breath kindles Spirit flare. Cogency calls kingdom come, tongues ...Read the rest...
Categories: prayer,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Manlihood
His manlihood dips deep down into the well of her womanhood. He becomes enchanted by all of what makes her look good. He reaches the peak as she took it all in from his wood....Read the rest...
Categories: first love, lust, passion,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member I Knew I Had To Find You
I knew I had to find you when I had a dream of you, Two months before I began to follow a single clue, Then I saw your face and learned your name while we stood in...Read the rest...
Categories: destiny, dream, fate, first
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Wet Leaves
The leaves lie, stuck and slippery; those in the air, dripping and clinging. Shivering, as the brisk wind blows; birds seem to be sleeping sans singing. Decked pine,...Read the rest...
Categories: hope, imagery, seasons, weather,
Form: Sijo
Premium Member Young Babe
A young babe was born in the middle of the month of May. She lost her mother in a sad way days before her first birthday. To this day and from now on we miss her in...Read the rest...
Categories: baby, birth, death, family,
Form: Sijo

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