Sijo Poems | Sijo Examples

My life's always been full of so much love, lust, and longing, As well as shallow lovemaking, loneliness, losses, lamenting. Feelings old and new within me are always lingering....

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My nail polish matches turquoise streak on the menthol cigarette. My mood matches the greenish mint blue color of my cuticles. My day going by as long as nail polish had to dry....

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I know you have an entire life that's your own, Even though I am lonely, though not entirely alone, Just wishing I knew if what we have will be fully grown....

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I do this phase for the physical pleasure I deserve. Even if it is purely just torture, I will curb every curve. I shall also embrace every encounter as a way to serve....

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In this summer month of her what would have been her 21st birthday, I see bed of withering red orange tiger lilies and say, "Your death reddened you, yellow flower, into an orange, then red."...

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I know how the cycles of life, death, and rebirth can be unfair. I know how it used to feel like they never showed they care. I know how it feels when nobody at all wants to share....

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Once upon a time it was you who was meant to be mine, But I know better now how we were unusually unkind To each other, even when we were on each other's minds....

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I am a reincarnated goddess avatar of love and light. I will no longer be afraid to continue to fight For the life I deserve, to live life is my sacred rite....

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And the radio silence is making me cipher my feelings Into higher words beyond the expression of meanings, Making me loosen my grip on reality through new thinkings....

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I no longer need a man for me to be any happier. I no longer need a man to emulate ex-lovers. What I do need now is someone who reflects me as a partner....

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I've amassed a fair number of brown South Asian lovers. In my mind I revisit one whom I slept with beneath covers, As my swollen sore heart began beating ever sadder....

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Our spark was a magenta-aqua gradient supernova. A bright flash of love so nearly blinding it was eye-opening. Our talks echo in the chambers of my inner cosmos....

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I'll deafen my ears before everyone else disappears, So I can have the most quietest peace of mind that hears their ghosts. What would I give then for others to be their living hosts?...

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In fact, I should have washed by water my face To shine and be clean at least once a week, so That fly doesn't land on my big nose any more ...

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Twigs and dried leaves talk timeless tales cuddling together. Parrot pandemonium camouflage under fading flowers I've witnessed seasonal cycles. Is the deep calling me? ...

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