Recess bell
comes too soon
like wind chimes
blowing in the breeze.
My heart beats
to the beat of his heart
holding “Her Mouth As Souvenir”
tangled in old spice
teaching me life lessons –
my first heartthrob.
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Author Notes
Fiction Poem is about a Literature teacher and a young girl's infatuation
"Her Mouth as Souvenir" by Heather June Gibbons, is a collection of poems book.
SIJO poem is a traditional Korean poetic form related to haiku and tanka. Traditionally, a Sijo is comprised of 44-46 syllables OR LESS. Originally intended as songs, sijo can be a romantic, metaphysical, reflection, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a "turn," and the third provides closure. The pattern is not strict but it has to be 46 syllables o less. Theme 3,4,4,4 = 1st stanza/Elaboration 3,4,4,4 = 2nd stanza/Counter Theme 3,5. 3rd stanza/Completion 4,3 = 4th stanza Sijo Form Definition
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
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