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

JibrilSunday, March 2nd, 2014Wednesday, January 11th, 2023

Grass, too, has its bruises.Petals, too, have their bruises.Walking across a field that I used to walk with you,I sit…

Jeong Ho-Seung (정호승)
  • Poetry

“The Someone I Love” by Jeong Ho-Seung

JibrilFriday, October 11th, 2013Friday, October 28th, 2022

I don’t love someone who has no shadow.I don’t love someone who doesn’t love shadows.I love someone who has become…

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

  • “Riddle” by Heo Soo-Kyeong

  • “Words That Make You” by Kim So-Yeon

  • “Structure of Chairs” by Lee Soo-Myeong

  • “House of Memory” by Kim Myeong-Ri

  • “Hands” by Shin Hae-Wook