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Hwang Dong-Kyu (황동규)
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“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)
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“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…

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

  • “My Face” by Kim Hye-Soo

  • “And the Birds, They Fly” by Na Hee-Deok

  • “Lovers’ Number” by Kim Kyeong-Mi

  • “Let Love Be Painful” by Jang Yeong-Hee

  • “Grass, Too, Has Its Bruises” by Jeong Ho-Seung

  • “Cormorant” by Ahn Do-Hyeon