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About TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

Poet, Retired Pastor of the United Methodist Church

한 생

– 1965, 고요 속에 바쳐진 하나의 생. 그 해의 태양 아래,삭막하고 과열된 빛 아래서쫓기다, 허기에 꺾여,쓰러지며 퍼덕이던어떤 몸짓— (기억인가, 반복인가) 오늘로 뛰어들 수 없어발목이 붙잡힌 채,주홍빛 노을 속을 배회한다—끝내 도착하지 못하는 저녁. 퍼덕임, 오직 그것—의미를 갖기 전의 몸짓,이름 붙여지기 전의 … Continue reading

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One Life

1965 — a life offered in stillness. Beneath the sun of that year,under a barren, overheated light,chased, broken by hunger,falling, fluttering—a certain motion— (Was it memory, or repetition?) Unable to leap into today,with ankles held fast,I wander through a vermilion … Continue reading

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“Tending the Garden Patch”

I went out to the backyard to finally tend the little garden I had been putting off for so long. I should have taken care of it and thinned things out much earlier, but I kept missing the right moment. … Continue reading

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텃밭을 가꾸며

그동안 미뤄오던 텃밭을 손보기 위해 뒷뜰에 나가 보았습니다. 진작에 손을 보고 분가를 해주었어야 되는데 시기를 잡지 못하고 있다가 나가보니, 상추, 깻잎, 딸기, 오이, 호박이 한대 어울려 저마다 안간힘을 쓰며 힘들게 자라고 있었습니다. 가는 허리를 내밀고 있는 부추잎 사이에 깻잎들이 자라나고, … Continue reading

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Hormuz on a Spring Day, 2026

The war began at the year’s edge— a hinge where ice and ember meet, from January’s opening to the first green note of Spring. Who can say when a killing ground learned the shape of a playground lawn? Tears braided … Continue reading

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“Deeds and Truth”

At our church, we share a fellowship meal of love every Friday evening. Even though it is late, the members finish their day’s work and hurry to the sanctuary, where they sit together around the table, sing hymns, and listen … Continue reading

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“행함과 진실”

저희 교회는 매주 금요일 저녁에는 사랑의 애찬식을 나누고 있습니다. 늦은 저녁이지만 하루의 일과를 마치고, 성전에 달려온 성도들은 테이블에 함께 둘러 앉아 찬양을 부르고, 생명의 만나인 성경 말씀을 듣게됩니다. 그리고 간단한 빵이나 크랙커를 물이나 쥬스와 함께 나누며 한주간의 그리스도인으로서의 실패와 승리를 … Continue reading

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A Walk at Dawn

The mist—descending first upon the head,then lingeringabout the instep— a circling presencewithout intention. And in the falling of dropletsfrom that uncertain air,a road—or the suggestion of a road—appeared. Not chosen,not refused, but waitingat the place of division. A fork— and … Continue reading

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Hormuz on 2026 Spring Day

The war began at the year’s edge,a sudden hinge where ice and ember meet,from the opening of January to the first green note of Spring. Who knows when the killing ground learned to wear the shape of a playground’s lawn? … Continue reading

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Toward the Summit

Among those who climb mountains, ice‑wall climbing is said to be in full swing these days. These climbers deliberately seek out the steepest and most dangerous places—frozen waterfalls and icy cliffs sealed hard by bitter cold. They drive their axes … Continue reading

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