Home Sijo Poems

A good wife needs more than a nice home and healthy enough food
She needs husband with big tender heart, lovely smart mind and sweet word
To...

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Mother is ninety now, frail, and asleep much too often. 
This may be her last year; she wants to go home and be with God,
but...

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A bright streak of light shines upon the round white latte mug, 
As I introspect while staring out the foggy window,
A fine display of eggs,...

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He is lifted above the deserted wilderness as a snake
His tail is the starlight river that flows into delight 
Christ bursts forth the brightest river...

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Fittingly one randomly playing piano as I prepare
For heading home: where I am playing my most dramatic medley.
Someday even my own misery will meet its...

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There's a burst of mellow sunshine, the hour of my return
after many nights, dark and sable, spent in longing for my home
Bees buzz in the...

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The choices made along the path of life’s unique design
        will take us places, strange and foreign, sometimes...

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simple rustic fellows come to cities --to make a fortune;
pandemic leaves them jobless suddenly--no security!
walk back home scores of miles --wounded in feet and heart,...

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A golden eagle soars above the craggy mountain range; his shadow looms darkly.

Unsuspecting prairie dog, walks alone…

Oops!  No more; eagle takes home his supper.

...

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Many miles, untraveled, along this empty road 
Long and winding forest road, deep wooded , whose end I do not know 
And a fork leads...

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Tiny aerialist weaves its own net; shiny silvery web.

Arachned bobbing about its web in sunlight; quite a picture.

How clever she is; it doubles as her...

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At this hearth, in the furnace of each person, we each must learn
To go beyond fanning the flames, to be grounded in its needs.
Upon this...

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The quiet forest green meadow stretches to the horizon.
While heavy laden wagons have vanished in the darkening gray.
Their deep cut trail gives my eyes a...

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His lover, sits and waits there by the water, singing her song.
Outstretched hands, reaching towards the horizon, wishing him home.
If only, she could raise him...

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Look out there! Newlywed bride steps out softly from wedding coach.
Tradition expects the bride to step on lid on the huge pot.
Would she do? Before...

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