My, or: Throbbing pulse
A Sijo
let them divide the heartâs chambers
between strangers and landsmen;
hometown verses cross oceans
in accents softened by sorrow;
I know their fiercest devotions
by my own throbbing pulse
dâVerse poetics: âLet Themâ
At dâVerse, we are encouraged to compose poems inspired by the phrase âLet Themâ.
Sijo?
A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a âturn,â and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.
Letâs write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone â itâs possible. But creatively, itâs more like painting: you canât just use the same colours in every painting. Itâs just not an option. You canât take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Ben Harper (b. 1969)
Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skepticâs Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the âPoetry Partnersâ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you⊠Check it out!
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