Death Sijo Poems
These Death Sijo poems are examples of Sijo poems about Death. These are the best examples of Sijo Death poems written by international poets.
GriefLike a bruise melting from blue to black, grief shows up slowly,
Appearing in the steam of coffee once shared, a laugh similar,
Yet as scabs heal...
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analogy,
Winter CallsSun recedes earlier each day as fall gives way to winter.
Vibrant colors of my favorite trees recede in sympathy.
Death of light and color usher in...
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seasons,
After His FuneralA final word, final hug, final tear~
the mourners disperse,
Leaving her with golden photos
and memories worth...
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death,
Sea TurtleSubtle beak peeks, blowing through a reef’s ostentatiousness
Emerging from dark impervious depths, the need to breathe
Adept adaptation caught between the blues and greens of aqua...
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allusion,
Real PeopleOver two-hundred thousand Covid-19 victims now;
easy to forget these are people, not "numbers of deaths," they are...
brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, parents, grandparents, et al.
Date...
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death, people, perspective, sad,
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death, life,
Warm welcomeIn eerie voice chief ghost spoke, “we have many more to welcome”
“More lost souls join us tonight, released from bodies by conflicts,”
“While they war on...
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analogy, color, conflict, death,
Without a Parting KissRunning with the van of death, till her legs couldn't defeat the wheels
Lonely road in awful calmth, not a shoulder for cry and share
Covid hit...
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death, kiss, lonely, lost
robin freezes
The robin sits inside an icy cauldron on cold stark metal.
Hiding from the brutal northwestern winds and pounding sleet
Quietly freezing to death in this cold...
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bird, winter, , western,
Invisible ScarsKnife-like, piercing words of contempt stab the jugular vein
Exsanguinating victim; accustomed to the blood and sharp pain...
gone numb while slowly dying a death by a...
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abuse, angst, endurance, violence,
You've Got More Waiting To Do, DeathGo away, Grim Reaper. You've got more waiting to do, death
I refuse to let you rob me of this fun, beautiful life just yet
I'll continue...
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beautiful, death, life,
LONGING FOR YOUYour hazel eyes ask how long I have waited and longed for you
Ask the raven, how many times I asked to borrow his wings
How many...
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absence, death, lost love,
The PhoenixA phoenix reincarnates, self incinerating.
Ashes to revivification; phoenix achieves.
Spontaneous combustion that, humans can’t master, purifies phoenix’s spirit.
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animal, appreciation, bird, death,
Sijo - 1 - PersonifiedHow beautiful the frosty breath of winter on the land
A breath so cold ...a kiss of death...that turns Mother Earth to stone
But with...
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nature,
When Again We Meet - SijoWhen Again We Meet
Softly he says, "Should I die do not wait for me." She smiles,
"Just as the moon exhales no light without first a...
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sijo, absence, appreciation, death, devotion,