SALUTE TO BEAUTY

  If only  I could gather words as one would flowers I would inscribe into these pages spells and enchantments  my pen stops  in mid-air, bowing to beauty greater than its words.   The above poem is an attempt at writing a Sijo poem, a poetic form of Korean origins. According to Poetry Foundation, a

FORM FOR ALL: SIJO (From Out of Asia)

NOSTALGIA The slanting sun transported me to my home from long ago I recognized not the place nor the familiar faces What was will never again be – time has made a stranger of me. ~~~~~ It’s all about SIJO  over at the DVERSE Poets’ Pub.  SIJO is traditional Korean poetry that has three lines,