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"North South East West" by Kim Kwang-Kyu
North South East West In spring a flood of tender green goes rising, spreading northward, northward. Unhindered by barbed wire or military demarcation line it journeys north. Rising over mountains
crossing plains, azaleas and forsythias cross the border north. In summer the cuckoos call, the croak of frogs, are just the same in every place. In fa...
Author
: Kim Kwang-Kyu
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"North South East West" by Kim Kwang-Kyu
North South East West In spring a flood of tender green goes rising, spreading northward, northward. Unhindered by barbed wire or military demarcation line it journeys north. Rising over mountains
crossing plains, azaleas and forsythias cross the border north. In summer the cuckoos call, the croak of frogs, are just the same in every place. In fa...
Author
: Kim Kwang-Kyu
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A Contrived World by Jung Young Moon
like someone who had set out on a new task. There was no telling what he thought about while looking at the fence or the birds nest, but thinking only thoughts not worth thinking, he may have admired
himself for thinking only such thoughts, and felt he didnt want to trade his life for anyone elses, even though he didnt feel that his life was more...
Author
: Jung Young Moon
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"First Person Sorrowful" by Ko Un
Little by little, a low-pressure front settled in. Summer flowers kept being trampled. Revolution devoured revolution. The air went out of every childs ball. Likewise the taut round atmosphere of We
slowly went flat. Someone boldly wrote I am in love, but still, as long the custom, it was read, We are in love. Winter snows had not all melted. Spr...
Author
: Ko Un
