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Loss – Senryu from Year of Moons
The book, Year of Moons is a free download at https://davidkjibson.com/
Things I Learned…/ David Jibson
World Sijo Poetry Day
Tonight, February 7th at 9 PM (Eastern), The Sejong Cultural Society’s YouTube Channel will live broadcast a celebration of World Sijo Poetry Day that will include a brief appearance by yours truly reading a prize winning poem from their 2024 International Poetry Competition.
Siren Song
Siren Song is a small town poem. Over the years I’ve taken inspiration from my early experiences and observations from the little town in which I grew up. This poem begins with one small town memory then takes off on a flight of childhood fantasy. This poem is from the collection, Protective Coloration, on sale from Kelsay Books and at Amazon.com.
The Way of the River / David Jibson
The Way of the River: Sijo Poetry in English is a chapbook that features many of my own Sijo poems and resource information on the Sijo form, including classical and contemporary examples. It’s a free download at: https://davidkjibson.com/
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Cleaning for Unexpected Company / David Jibson
Metamorphoses / David Jibson
My poem Metamorphoses now up on the Oddball Magazine Website .
Untitled Dodoitsu #2
Untitled Dodoitsu
Dodoitsu is another short, less familiar Japanese poetic form developed towards the end of the Edo period. It often is about love or work, and is sometimes comical. Dodoitsu poems consist of four lines with the moraic structure 7-7-7-5 and no rhyme for a total of 26 morae (a single mora can consits of one, two or even three syllables), making the Dodoitsu one of the longer Japanese forms. The form and tone of Dodoitsu derive from Japanese folk song traditions.
David K. Jibson 