23 Days in the USA
Written by Doug Stuber My family set off from North Carolina and traveled through West Virginia, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California (and stayed in … Read More
Category: Gwangju Writes
Gwangju Lyric
Written by Saul Latham Photographed by Wilson Melbostad Gwangju, aren’t you glad you’re here. Gwangju, Gwangju, the Jurassic rocks sing, on top where the trees swing, stop and you may … Read More
Yun Dongju and His Poetry
Text and poetry translation by David E. Shaffer Yun Dongju (윤동주) is one of Korea’s best-loved poets, as well as one of its shortest-lived (1917–1945). Born into a Christian family … Read More
Five Minutes of Sunday
Written by David Joël La Boon Sundays breathe loneliness and breathe out emptiness. They are a sentiment, but a pervasive one. They hug the last frontier of defined time, fencing … Read More
Cool Water, or Crystallized Ice Fractals in Flight
Written by Stephen Schelling My name is Handa, and I was born with a gift. I didn’t know it at first. I thought I was the same as everyone … Read More
Poems of Shahed Kayes
New Reality Being Formed My thoughts are birds of time My heart is overwhelmed exploring the flow of time It no more runs after fen-fire birds Life is a living … Read More
The Technology Collection
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