The Sijo is a Korean form of three lines. Each has several parts. The syllable counts can be 3-4-3-4, or 4-4; 3-4-3 or 4-4; 3-5-4-3 Your choice. Rhyming or meter not necessary, but can happen by rote.

In The Summer

Wistfully a warm beach awaits
a moonrise reflecting love
making starlight, a thin breeze
foams curling waves breaking on stones;
rhythms of passion shared by
the blue black night's whisper in tall reeds


OM