Healing Waters
Fond memories are the filter
that clouds the unforgiven.
Pleasant days upon and beside
the water wash away the snow.
One day, I will return
to the river and accept the cold.
The recent storm (The Blizzard of ’22) that swallowed Buffalo and Western New York is a reminder of how little I relished digging out after a winter storm when I lived there, yet I will return, someday.
Image source: New York Post
This is my response to Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Challenge #42: Recover.
Sijo (a Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka)
~ three lines of 14-16 syllables each
~ a total of 44-46 syllables
~ a pause near the middle of each line
~ 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.
Read more here: Wikipedia
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Sijohmy, this is fine work, Ken. Thanks
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Thanks, Ron..
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Sometimes there are places where we just belong. I especially like the last stanza.
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Thank you, Claudia.
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You’re a master of form, Ken. And also meaning. That’s the challenge…to create a beautiful message within a strict form.
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Thank you, Barb. With some of these forms I can feel the brain cells stretching.
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It will keep you young.
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I especially like the final stanza.
I’ve been thinking about you with all the snow in Buffalo.
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Thanks, Merril. I got out of town just in time!
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You’re welcome. I was thinking that!
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Soothing and reassuring 💜
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Thank you.
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Beautiful poem, Ken. I’ve never heard of this form before and would like to try it out. (Plus my kids are Korean).
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Thank you, Luanne. I enjoy the form, so I should use it more.
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Definitely!
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