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Written by David Shaffer   ALTERNATE REALITY The world around me keeps swirling twirling turning churning While I stand still motionless inert ineffectual in my inconsequential existence. VIRTUAL REALITY Ah! … Read More

Pak Mok Wol’s ‘Orchid’

A poetic tribute to orchids.

After visiting Unjusa

Hwasun’s Unjusa Temple gets an ode in the form of a short poem.

“He stoppeth one of three”: Surveying the Remnants of Wild Korea

Dr. Nial Moores, from Birds Korea, has been traveling across Korea to study wildlife. He shares his observations during his time travels on the peninsula.

Chŏlla Lass

North Korean poet Lee Yong-ak imagines a meeting between the northeastern province North Hamkyeong and the southwestern province Jeollanam.

The Silence of My Beloved

Many Korean Buddhist monks were active in the independence movement during Japanese colonial rule. Han Yong-woon was a monk resistor who also wrote political poetry. Here is a poem from his collection of the same name.

Korean Poetry: 호랑이는 고양이과다

Choi Jeongrye delights Gwangju readers with one of her poems, which has been transcribed into English.

White Flowers have Popped from the Crown

Hong Eun-taek writes a poetic tribute to an Arizona desert flower.