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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)?
That's AllThat'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....
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Categories:
first love, romance, romantic,
Form: Sijo
A Matter of the HeartMatter 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...
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Categories:
lost,
Form: Sijo
VentilationMelting 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....
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Categories:
first love, soulmate, true
Form: Sijo
Time Slipping ByLately 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....
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Categories:
first love, time,
Form: Sijo
Blue EyesLet 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...
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Categories:
love,
Form: Sijo
Last Exam: A Sijo of SortsMy 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.
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Categories:
10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Sijo
I Love YouI 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....
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Categories:
first love, i love
Form: Sijo
Forbidden LoveFated, 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....
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Categories:
first love, i love
Form: Sijo
Beneath The CoverWhen 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....
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Categories:
lust, passion, sensual, sexy,
Form: Sijo
Gypsy EyesI 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,
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Categories:
appreciation, art, nature, poetry,
Form: Sijo
WarriorsCold 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
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Categories:
prayer,
Form: Sijo
ManlihoodHis 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....
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Categories:
first love, lust, passion,
Form: Sijo
I Knew I Had To Find YouI 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...
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Categories:
destiny, dream, fate, first
Form: Sijo
Wet LeavesThe 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,...
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Categories:
hope, imagery, seasons, weather,
Form: Sijo
Young BabeA 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...
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Categories:
baby, birth, death, family,
Form: Sijo
Specific Types of Sijo Poems
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