Category: Books

The Way of the River / David Jibson

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WayoftheRiverFrontCoverSmallThe Way of the River: Sijo Poetry in English is my latest chapbook. It features many of my own Sijo poems and resource information on the Sijo form, including classical and contemporary examples. You can download a free PDF (Click the cover image).

Sijo is a concise Korean poetic form consisting of three lines, each containing 14-16 syllables, totaling 44-46 syllables. These lines feature a midpoint pause, akin to a caesura, although it need not adhere to a specific meter. The first half of each line encompasses six to nine syllables, while the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended to be sung, Sijo typically explore themes of romance, metaphysics, or spirituality. Regardless of the topic, ideally, the first line introduces an idea or narrative, the second elaborates the theme, and the third offers closure, often with a twist. In modern times, Sijo are often presented in six lines.

Protective Coloration

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Protective Coloration is the author’s latest release from Kelsay Books.  It’s available from Kelsay or from Amazon.com. You can open a sample in PDF format by clicking on the cover photo.

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In this splendid collection of engaging and unmistakably American poems, David Jibson manages to find beauty in utterly unexpected places: piled up on a back shelf at the Salvation Army Store, for example, or strung along the bedraggled length of the Ohio Turnpike—or perhaps in the lovely, tentative dance of a blind woman learning to walk with a white cane. Along with a faint echo of Ted Kooser or Billy Collins at their conversational best, you’ll be captivated by Jibson’s own irresistible voice: that of a witty, insightful observer of the astonishments that surround us.

Marilyn L. Taylor,
Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Emerita

To read David Jibson’s poems is like leafing through a pile of photos of your life and suddenly rediscovering feelings and events you had forgotten or never knew. Each snapshot is replete with carefully selected images organized to create unity and fulfillment. His poems range from trivia to exotic, from people we recognize to those we would like to meet. Topics include science, religion, philosophy, history, music, art, and (the requisite for all good poetry) basic old-fashioned entertainment.

Lawrence W. Thomas,
Founding Editor, Third Wednesday Magazine
Honorary Chancellor, Poetry Society of Michigan

Silas Marner Redacted by David Jibson

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smcoversmall-2Silas Marner Redacted is a series of 20 short poems redacted from the classic novel by George Eliot. It’s avialable to read in a free PDF. Click the cover image to go to the page.  Here is a sample of what you’ll find:

Grief

loss served the slow
current of bereavement
that so withered a life
a wide cheerless unknown
a life snatched away
the earth broken
crushed by grief
sat in loneliness
and moaned very low



			
		

	
	



			
				


			
				


			
				


			
				



	
	

		
		
Poetry Giveaway / Michigan Gothic by David Jibson

				

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Michigan Gothic


Yes. I’m giving this poetry chapbook away free to anyone. 

As death comes to Augie, it parallels the death of the American family farm and a culture that once helped to define who we are. This chapbook tells the story of Augie and his family in a series of twenty free verse poems.


Michigan Gothic is out of print but is now available as a free download in PDF format. Just click the cover photo to get your copy.