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Kim Hye-Soon (김혜순)
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“It’s OK, I’m a Pig” by Kim Hye-Soon

JibrilFriday, April 8th, 2016Monday, May 5th, 2025

Nailing the pig to the cross was so natural it was meaningless. In the meditation room, I glare at the wall while deciding to meditate and sit in the Lotus Position…

Wi Seon-Hwan (위선화)
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“Lunar Eclipse” by Wi Seon-Hwan

JibrilFriday, April 1st, 2016Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Extending a finger, my uncle raises it to one eye. Squeezing both eyes as he headed to the reservoir, he held a drenched full moon in his water-filled stomach…

Seo Jeong-Joo (서정주)
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“Cuckoo” by Seo Jeong-Ju

JibrilFriday, December 4th, 2015Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

Dappled with tears was the path my love tread. 30,000 ri to the lands west of China, he played his flute as he left for where azalea rains fall. Ga Op-Shin, adjusting and readjusting…

Shin Dal-Ja (신달자)
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“Bird” by Shin Dal-Ja

JibrilTuesday, January 27th, 2015Wednesday, June 7th, 2023

For you, I was a bird. Unable to speak, only cry. A pitiful bird with no one to understand me. And each day, to make my wings ache I flew to all the places you traveled…

Choi Jeong-Rye (최정례)
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“Thoughts, a Flock of Crows” by Choi Jeong-Rye

JibrilFriday, June 6th, 2014Thursday, November 3rd, 2022

My night to you is midday,and your midday to me as night. Between us lie the breaking wavesof the vast…

Park Hyeon-Soo (박현수)
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“A Prayer for Poetics” by Park Hyeon-Soo

JibrilSaturday, May 10th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

Grant usa speech that neverneeds to spread vocal cords.Let us stand in the worldwith the eyes of a village windarriving unfamiliar…

Hwang In-Sook (황인숙)
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“River” by Hwang In-Sook

JibrilTuesday, April 22nd, 2014Tuesday, February 6th, 2024

Don’t open up to me about how lonely you are, how burdened you are, how much you want to go crazy, how sane you are, about the bugs in your heart

Hwang Dong-Kyu (황동규)
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“Small Love Song” by Hwang Dong-Kyu

JibrilSunday, April 20th, 2014Friday, October 28th, 2022

I received a letter which held yesterday.The path that had always trailed behind yousuddenly disappeared,and everything that wasn’t the path went with it.Scattered stoneswhich…

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

  • “Love for Skins” by Choi Moon-Ja

  • “Final Love Scene” by Hwang Myeong-Seung

  • “Mistletoe and Winter Clothes” by Jeong Jin-Kyu

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

  • “Cuckoo” by Seo Jeong-Ju

  • “Microwave Rice” by Lee Byeong-Ryul