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July 2014

Lee Kyeong-Rim (이경림)
  • Poetry

“Marsh” by Lee Kyeong-Rim

JibrilSaturday, July 26th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

60,000 years before my mother gives birth to me,35,000 years before I give birth to my daughter,my daughter’s womb holds…

Hwang Dong-Kyu (황동규)
  • Poetry

“Even Smaller Love Song” by Hwang Dong-Kyu

JibrilTuesday, July 15th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

In part of the lotus ponda single petal plucked from a tree.How fast it falls.Falling, falling, falling still. Laid atop…

Hwang Dong-Kyu (황동규)
  • Poetry

“Smaller Love Song” by Hwang Dong-Kyu

JibrilFriday, July 4th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

Still a fewundying gusts of winds.A damp snow fallingduring the evening meal, or not snowbut snow melted midair and tumbling…

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

  • “Jealousy is My Strength” by Ki Hyeong-Do

  • “Sundial” by Lee Moon-Jae

  • “A Love Only in Death” by Cha Chang-Ryong

  • “River” by Hwang In-Sook

  • “Class Dismissal” by Do Jong-Hwan

  • “Disappointed Love” by Hwang Seong-Hee