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[rayheinrich]

Hi,

My nic is onmorie. The meaning in Korean is Whole Brain.
In order to be balanced spiritually, whole brained is better.
It's a cool surprise to find haiku composed in English.
In Korea, we have Sijo. I want to compose haiku as well as
Sijo in English.

Oh! Wow! Sijo!
I have read about it, but never actually attempted to learn to write it.
It was quite enough to attempt to learn (still learning) to write Traditional (not modern) English Haiku.
I like to write fauxku as well: Tiny poems that incorporate many of the elements of haiku, but
are much less strict in their adherence to the haiku form (i.e. what some call Modern English "Haiku").

I searched my browser bookmarks and this site was in them. I just tried it and it still works:
Sijo In The Light

Here are four I copied from there:  (It seems people have varying ideas about how to format English Sijo. )

   The spring breeze melted snow on the hills then quickly disappeared.
         I wish I could borrow it briefly to blow over my hair
         And melt away the aging frost forming now about my ears.

                    - U T'ak (1262-1342), translated by Larry Gross


Bark on the oak in the backyard
            has scars over my scars;
ladder steps lead nowhere now,
           swing rope has furrowed the old branch
How strong it makes us for a while –
           the world we make – before it goes.

-Larry Gross



so many changes have I seen in all the passing years
   wrinkles on my face and hands, strands of white run through my hair
   ah but braids cut off at age of ten still honey bright and soft

- Elizabeth St Jacques


                     NOTE TO THE UNIVERSE

                   Eternal is the mystery
                within your multitude of lights

                Into your soul   our silver darts
                   Seed noble hopes and dreams

                Fear not  old friend  We cannot stay
                   our roots are tied to trees

- Elizabeth St Jacques

I'm looking forward to reading English Sijo written by someone who knows it in its original Korean form.
Welcome to PigPen,
Ray