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My / Black / Dog
November 17, 2022
The black dog / of depression / follows me / all around town.
I try to / shake him off but / he still lingers / in my shadows.
The hatred / I feel eases as / I learn to live / beside him.
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This piece is a Sijo Poem which is a Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line is written in four groups of syllables that should be clearly differentiated from the other groups, yet still, flow together as a single line.