Chŏlla Lass
North Korean poet Lee Yong-ak imagines a meeting between the northeastern province North Hamkyeong and the southwestern province Jeollanam.
Tag: poetry
Korean Poetry: 호랑이는 고양이과다
Choi Jeongrye delights Gwangju readers with one of her poems, which has been transcribed into English.
Motherhood
Lisa Mynhardt’s “Motherhood” poem won at Gwangju’s first Poetry Slam on September 20
White Flowers have Popped from the Crown
Hong Eun-taek writes a poetic tribute to an Arizona desert flower.
Korean Poetry: “Like the Setting Sunlight”
Gwangju showcases one of its many excellent poets with Yang Kyoonwon’s “Like the Setting Sunlight”.
Selected Poems by Moon Tae-jun
A flock of birds descended, like thunder,
upon a short tree.
A Man of Letters: Chae-pyong Song
But let us not introduce him as some stranger, for he is Gwangju News’ own monthly contributor of translated poetry, none other than Dr. Chae-pyong Song himself.
A Riverside and Her Poet
There is a place of easy hiking and quiet landscape that is unknown to most foreigners. It is called Seomjingong River.