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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)
  • 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

  • “Love for Skins” by Choi Moon-Ja

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

  • “Cuckoo” by Seo Jeong-Ju

  • “Love’s Wasteland” by Hwang In-Sook

  • “Trees” by Moon Yeon-Joo

  • “River” by Hwang In-Sook