What wounds, or: Finds welcome
A Sijo
mother still speaks in certainties
each word sealed shut against replies;
I turned and threw the doors wide
let every voice enter and stay;
now even harm finds welcome—
I often don’t turn away what wounds
Reena’s Xploration Challenge 428
For Reena’s RXC prompt, she invites us to compose poems inspired by any of the following words:
- Dogmatism — emphasizes rigid, unquestioning adherence to one’s beliefs, often despite counter-evidence.
- Solipsism — the philosophical view that only one’s own mind is certain to exist; more loosely, a state of being confined within one’s own perspective.
- Monologuing — highlights one-sided communication, where one person speaks at length with little engagement from others.
- Cognitive rigidity — a psychological term for inflexible thinking patterns and difficulty adapting to new information or perspectives.
- Doctrinaire mindset — stresses strict, often inflexible adherence to a doctrine or ideology, sometimes applied without regard for nuance or context.
- Echo-chambered consciousness — a metaphorical phrase suggesting thoughts circulate within a closed system, reinforced without meaningful exposure to outside perspectives.
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 “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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