The suggestion from Napowrimo today is to write a sijo, a traditional Korean form. It’s like a haiku, only wider. It’s a wide-load haiku. Lines can be as long as about 16 syllables. And it has a kind of magical relationship with the sonnet, I’m told, in that it’s kind of a discussion with twist at the end. I don’t know why I chose this photo to accompany the poem. I felt like the tone was correct even though the subject matter is unrelated. There are some cool images on the new “free image” library in WordPress. News to me. Enjoy!
Poem for April 20
Three quarters of the way through, eight months of staring at a screen.
It feels like I have been talking to myself all year long.
My students, like ghosts; I see their shadows and sometimes hear their voices.
michael jarmer 