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December 2013

Heo Yeong-Ja (허영자)
  • Poetry

“Gasoline” by Heo Yeong-Ja

JibrilTuesday, December 31st, 2013Monday, February 5th, 2024

I want to bea woman like gasoline.Have a light soulto avoid feeling rainbows,both warm and dangerous,a combustible chest–pure volatility, full-aged,leaving…

Heo Yeong-Ja (허영자)
  • Poetry

“Untitled” by Heo Yeong-Ja

JibrilFriday, December 27th, 2013Tuesday, February 27th, 2024

Like cool fresh water gushing upthrough cracks between rocks,like deep blue-green onion stalks lifting headsthrough snow-covered ground,bothso clearand sopungent. 돌틈에서…

Maeng Moon-Jae (맹문재)
  • Poetry

“Holding Out an Apology” by Maeng Moon-Jae

JibrilFriday, December 20th, 2013Thursday, June 15th, 2023

1I turned down a village side street and apples hangingclung close to my steps like fire. Being poor, I’m well…

Kim Yong-Taek (김용택)
  • Featured
  • Poetry

“Evening Letter” by Kim Yong-Taek

JibrilMonday, December 16th, 2013Friday, October 28th, 2022

I like you.Every nightas the stars come out,I’m reminded of your face.On this night, too, I’m watching the stars.Following one,I…

Jo Eun (조은)
  • Poetry

“Warm Earth” by Jo Eun

JibrilThursday, December 5th, 2013Friday, October 28th, 2022

Settled for a moment in the place they came to rest,the seeds buried themselves.Knowing the course of waterflowing to my…

Recent Translations

  • “Mistletoe and Winter Clothes” by Jeong Jin-Kyu
  • “A Stroll Inside a Black Pocket” by Kang Seong-Eun
  • “Drying Rack” by Kim Hye-Soo
  • “Moisture 2” by Kim Kwang-Kyu
  • “Love’s Starlight” by Heo Man-Ha
  • “An Unexpected Briskness” by Lee Seong-Bu

From the Archives

  • “Lovers’ Number” by Kim Kyeong-Mi

  • “The Long Arms of ‘I Miss You'” by Moon In-Soo

  • “A Stroll Inside a Black Pocket” by Kang Seong-Eun

  • “Me, You” by Park Sang-Soon

  • “Fading Flesh” by Kim So-Yeon

  • “Worries for Mom” by Ki Hyeong-Do