Four Sijo / David Jibson
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Two Poems from “The Way of the River” / David Jibson
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An autumn Sijo
This Sijo (a short Korean form) originally appeared in the Winter 2019 edition of The Bamboo Hut.
It is the time of year
that salmon come into the river
and the overnight temperatures
have begun to fall.
If the first frost were a bell,
you could hear it ring in the distance.
Four Sijo / David Jibson
This cycle of seasonal Sijo poems was first published by The Bamboo Hut and is now part of the collection, Protective Coloration (2020, Kelsay Books). It’s also available from Amazon.com.
Sijo is a Korean form 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, Contemporary Sijo are often printed in six lines.
David K. Jibson 