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Living like a flame – Korean Poetry
To live like a flame, To be struck once by lightning in the chest, And turn to ash. Hailing from…
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Poetry: Our Love at this Moment
And when my love Grows heavy-eyed, Yours is there, Again and again, to rouse it back to light. Hailing from…
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Cherry Blossom Lanterns – Korean Poetry
Why does the lantern lit by flowers extinguish so swiftly? Is it to teach us to seize the fleeting moment…
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Song of the Poet – Korean Poem
Crossing the vastness of silence, I revise and revise again. Poet Kim Bubae is a distinguished figure in contemporary Korean…
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Half the Liquor Has Been Spilled
Is it because half the liquor has already been spilled? Or is it the hope in our eyes that half…
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Dreaming of a Nation of Poetry
Poetry endures longer than guns And travels farther than power. Hailing from Korea, the Land of Morning Calm, Mr. Park…
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Flowers Bloom While Swaying
What flower ever blooms without swaying? Every beautiful flower in this world Has bloomed while swaying, Has straightened its stem…
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Poem: A Few Tiny Flower Seeds
Beneath the wall, I scattered a few flower seeds. Poet Choi Young Kyu was born in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, South…
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Embrace – Poetry from South Korea
The embrace of the Antarctic emperor penguins Lifts the cold from tens below zero to tens above. Poet YOO Ja…
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Seashell – A Poem from Korea
Like a seashell worn smooth by waves remaining in someone’s palm, even within emptiness, spring at last pushes forth new…
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