History Sijo Poems
These History Sijo poems are examples of Sijo poems about History. These are the best examples of Sijo History poems written by international poets.
Nero, The IncendiaryHail, the doorway keen on the known world ... theme wails attention,
time of roses' blooms cower ... usurped magentas, aloof maroons,
for the flight of the...
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Categories:
analogy, anger, angst, anxiety,
Cursed Korea of the NorthOnce the green land of morning calm and high serenity
Soon waved the blood red flag, stained with the false words “We will soon be free”
Now...
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Categories:
dark, history, political, sad,
Julian the Emperor and DeserterArchon of the west, whose spouse was the worldly Sophia
Who blindly abandoned his childhood lamb, to search for unseen light
Though the lamb could have showed...
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Categories:
betrayal, history, irony, jesus,
Hieroglyphics of HeavenSerpents in Egypt engraved images for each being
Unveiling the lack of discursive reasoning in the heavens
Not manmade patterns to represent sounds and reasonings...
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Categories:
culture, history, language, perspective,
The Ides of March*Image of Julius Caesar by QDT.
The Ides of March
Spun spells pummel our Earth ... as a Sun scanned absence swallow,
vacuumed blues taxes light once deemed...
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Categories:
celebration, character, conflict, fate,
Rogue WaveROGUE WAVE
In theory a catapult sees
the whites of their eyes...calls for surrender.
The tide might well turn
presenting a rogue wave bender.
One could not foresee that history
might...
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Categories:
conflict,
Ghost TrainTrack on track and steel on steel; built America’s railroads.
Immigrant sweat, in the noonday sun, hammered out miles of track.
The masterpiece of human ingenuity forever...
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Categories:
endurance, history, power, symbolism,
New Trains Are LackingToday’s trains leave much to be desired, in the way of charm.
The iron horse of yesteryear, laughs at his grandchildren’s weakness.
The great king of the...
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Categories:
history, symbolism, technology,
Lake of Tearsfor all that tears sooth, my breath takes wing toward my opal lake,
newly created from each salty droplet, still...
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Categories:
absence, art, beauty, joy,
Alienation MysteryGod invisible, inaccessible in dark and light,
Total space of universe, and still presence in mystery masked like night
Where every part of me fintely in infinite...
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Categories:
lost love, religion, me,
EgyptMurky of echoes as ancestors surround them
Dusty whilst heat stuns my skin and breath
The sun settles as the pyramids carve me a memory...
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Categories:
art, history, places,
Sijo BalletLadies upon a stage which are dressed in feminine style
Gracefully in a row, they flow as a troupe dancing the ballet
I am sure those ladies...
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Categories:
art, history, music, social
FlightA coin toss, brothers look eagerly as they vie
The dawn awaits the newest bird to take flight in the sky
...
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Categories:
happiness, history, imagination, life,
Silencing the WitnessesTogether, facing the deathly moment alone
Their soles must be given to free their souls
Silent witnesses of man's inhumanity to man...
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Categories:
angst, history, sad, sympathy,
President Bush In Three LinesConfusion reigns in him, even before the press conference.
Yet when there's a chance to make a bad choice, none's more decisive.
Acting only when he...
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Categories:
funny, history, social,