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“Lover” by Heo Yeong-Ja

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

Gazesecretly downwards on clear daysthrough clearness on rainy daysthrough rain in dewin flowersin the morning star… my love inall creationit…

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

  • “A Prayer for Poetics” by Park Hyeon-Soo

  • “In That House” by Lee Soo-Myeong

  • “Moisture 2” by Kim Kwang-Kyu

  • “Flowers Blooming on the Mountains” by Kim So-Wol

  • “Love is the Lack Thereof” by Ko Un

  • “Fixing Sigma to Fireflies’ Light” by Kim Yeong-Nam