eastern structures – Mike Wilson

The Gospel of Country Music, a sijo…

Mike Wilson — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 00:42:16 +0000

Sijo-Mike Wilson, photo-Sam Moqadam first appeared in Eastern Structures

The Gospel of Country Music, a sijo….

Mike Wilson — Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:35:00 +0000

Clematis, a sijo…..

Mike Wilson — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 22:38:00 +0000

Sijo-Mike Wilson, photo-Oliver Ash, appeared in Eastern Structures,
A Sijo is a Korean form that requires three lines of 14-16 syllables with a pause in the middle of each line

Spring, a sijo …

Mike Wilson — Thu, 05 May 2022 22:28:00 +0000

Sijo-Mike Wilson, photo-Jonathan Cooper, appeared in Eastern Structures

A Stubbornly Persistent Illusion, a sijo….

Mike Wilson — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:09:00 +0000

Sijo by Mike Wilson, photo by Mak (Unsplash)

“A Stubbornly Persistent Ilusion,” by Mike Wilson, first appeared in Eastern Structures, No. 15, Summer 2020. It is a Sijo, a Korean form that requires three lines of 14-16 syllables with a pause in the middle of each line

Three Sijos on Unbidden Love

Mike Wilson — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 23:05:17 +0000

These sijos appeared in Eastern Structures, Vol. 10, Spring, 2019.

A sijo is a work of three-line poetry from Korea that adheres to the specific guideline of containing 14-16 syllables per line with a pause in the middle. In these three sijos, I’ve exaggerated the pause by setting the second part of each line as a separate left-justified stanza of its own. What I’ve tried to do is write these six stanzas so that they can be read (a) as three sijos read left to right); (b) as six poems that can stand on their own; and (c) as two poems that stand on their own, one in the left column, one in the right; and (d) as a single poem in its entirety