thousand and one nights
won't be enough
to love you the way I want
each eve
veiled in silver moon
I watch you sleep
tangled in memories
breathless and wrapped
in a thousand and one little deaths
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Author Notes
One Thousand and One Nights = is a collection of folk tales compiled by various authors across Asia. The Nights is the story of King Shahryar and his wife. The folk tale is that King Shahryar was going to kill his slave, Scheherazade. But she offered to tell a story before her execution. She was such a wonderful storyteller that the king wanted one more story each night, thus keeping her alive for a thousand and one tales and nights. In the end, King Shahryar had fallen in love with his slave, Scheherazade, and married her.
A little death = is a slang term for climax
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 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
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Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
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