Directory of Sijo Resources

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Sijo is a Korean verse form that contains three lines of 14 to 16 syllables each. Each line is broken in the middle with a caesura, and each half line should contain no less than five syllables. A situation or problem is presented in line 1, followed by a development or turn in line 2 and a resolution in line 3.

Resources in This Category

• An Introduction to Sijo

  http://startag.tripod.com/IntroSijo.html
  An overview of sijo in the Korean tradition and North American poets' response, by Elizabeth St Jacques, with links to her online sijo magazine, Sijo Blossoms, and other articles.

• Korean Sijo Masters in Translation

  http://thewordshop.tripod.com/Sijo/
  Translations into English of Korean sijo from poets of the Classical period.

• Sejong Cultural Society - Sijo Writing Competition

  http://www.sejongculturalsociety.org/writing/current/index.php
  An annual competition. Includes links to sijo sites, sample sijo poems, and an explanation of the form with two .pdf files on sijo by Larry Gross and David McCann.

• SHIJO - Korean Poetry

  http://www.chlive.org/kkaplan/Korea%20-%20Shijo.htm
  A collection of links to Sijo websites, lesson plans, power points, and contests. Some of the links are useful, but many are no longer working.

• Sijo

  http://www.ahapoetry.com/sijo.htm
  An explanation with examples by Larry Gross. Includes links to other sijo sites.

• Sijo Structures and Samples

  http://www.sejongculturalsociety.org/mediafiles/resources/sijo-structuresamples-NotePages.pdf
  A slide presentation in .pdf format on the structure of Sijo, with examples of classical Sijo and extensive commentary.

• SIJO: A Korean Lyric Poetic Tradition

  https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/sijoforum/info
  A Yahoo group that "encourages the writing, discussion and translation of traditional sijo in English."

• The Sijo

  http://thewordshop.tripod.com/Sijo/sijo-index.htm
  An introductory page by Larry Gross, a leading proponent of writing sijo in English, with some of his poems and links to his several pages on the subject, and an e-mail discussion list on the subject.

 

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