fallow
even as I beat these keys with my fist / they resist, spring springs back
I groan, hammer the veins in my head / as if effort would suffice
all winter’s rawness: the burnished furrow, the cornstalk wrecks
squall
each stemmed orb falls back
the skiff heels hard hammered by the wind
stairs a curtain of diamante falls
in the canopy vermillion birds
but I’m lit in this paper boat
racing the rolling maw
wild night
offshore inferno, laser lights the deep // fizzing nucleotides
16 swans taking wing thumping air // o flock in the dark
rattling frames & chandeliers // andiamo you beauties, andiamo
Image: Swans from Manchester Museum, 2013 c/- Warren Fournier on Flickr. Some more sijo-like miniatures for you as the season changes here in Australia. If you’re interested in this traditional Korean form, this is a good place to start.
And for your listening pleasure (in case you were ever in doubt), here’s Texas soul-surf-funk-psychedelic trio Khurangbin with The Universe Smiles Upon You
Peter Frankis writes 
I followed that link and saved the info on sijo, as your output using it is alive not flat words on a screen. The music is good!
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Thanks Lisa, glad you liked. Peter.
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You’re welcome. Always a pleasure.
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Squall: fabulous. I’m up for a new form to try. Thanks for the introduction. Hope you’re keeping well.
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Thanks M, glad you liked. Big kudos to you for the poem-a-day poems.
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Thank you. When this month is finished, I’ll need a holiday … as if.
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So many gems here, Peter, and whatever those dread- and awe-inspiring sparks might be, I’m happy to keep going too …
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Thanks so much Steve.
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