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Wild Grape Vine – Poetry from Korea
On the black basalt wall Of Aewol, A single vine leans its body Toward the sea. Oh Sowho is a…
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While Listening to Louise Glück
With your calm and measured voice, You summon flowers and birds, The Milky Way and figures from myth, Into the…
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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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