Category Archives: Poetry

귀 기울여 듣는 마음

Posted on August 7, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

윤태헌(UMC 원로목사. 서울 방문 중에) 노종해 목사 역 (https://m.blog.naver.com/rochai/224309066090) 내 아내는 내 삶의 신실한 증인이 되어 주었다. 그녀가 내 곁에서 모든 길을 함께 걸었기 때문이 아니라, 우리가 수십 년 동안 모여 앉았던 식탁의 저편 끝에서 늘 귀를 기울여 주었기 때문이다. … Continue reading →

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오늘, 내일이 아니라

Posted on August 7, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

Today, Not Tomorrow 윤태헌(TaeHun Yoon) (*영문 시집에서 번역 한 시, 노 종해 목사 역, 2026.5.27) https://m.blog.naver.com/rochai/224297621865 한 줄기 빛이 문틈으로 스며들어와— 부드럽고도 확실하게 천장을 물들인다. ​ 그때가 오기 전에, 내가 어떤 길을 택하든 혹은 뒤에 남겨두든, 나는 말한다, “마침내 나는 … Continue reading →

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My friend, Kim Hyung-Gi**

Posted on August 5, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

In the narrow alley of Manggmi‑dong*, where evening settled softly upon old books, a quiet voice refused to disappear. Long before I met him— long before June in Daegu brought his presence close enough to change the temperature of my … Continue reading →

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“True Music”

Posted on August 1, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

— With a Heart Longing for Peace I stand upon the shore. The sea roars. The wind moves. The moon waits. The sun gives. All of them draw one another through the quiet conversation of the universe. Far beneath, the … Continue reading →

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Vincent, in the Bright Ache of God

Posted on July 30, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

(for the 136th year of his passing) My wife and I came with open hearts to your humble grave in Auvers— a simple stone, ivy climbing like a soft benediction, silence holding your name as gently as a wound. We … Continue reading →

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True Love at the Brick Wall

Posted on July 29, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

(For Bishop Kenneth L. Carder) A daughter openeda cedar box, and liftedher father’s wordsinto the light. Pages remembered.Hope remembered.The Spiritstill remembered. The old sermonrang again: “Leave the shallow places.Walk into the deeper truth.” For Godis always found among the forgotten,among … Continue reading →

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Grateful Heart

Posted on July 28, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

(For the Constitution Day of the Republic of Korea) Today, as I celebratemy beloved wife’sseventy-third birthday, another giftquietly enters my heart— the President’s gratitudeofferedto the people. The Constitutionturns another pagein the lifeof the Republic. Seventy-eight years ago, on July 12, … Continue reading →

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“Dandelion”

Posted on July 27, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

TodayI complete my seventy-seventh yearupon this generous earth, and I receive the dayas one receives morning light— without deserving it,yet full of gratitude. Yet while I rejoiced, another birthdaywas unfolding beyond my sight. Somewhere near Vladivostok, an old Korean familygathered … Continue reading →

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“Meeting After a Quarter Century Passed”

Posted on July 27, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

This afternoon, the children of the mockingbirds gathered on the backyard fence, speaking all at once, as though they knew someone precious had come home. Two little puppies rested upon the grass, their breathing slower than the summer wind. The … Continue reading →

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“Living in the Well”

Posted on July 27, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

—while in conversation with Rev. Tim Riss There are those who spend a lifetime living inside a well. The sky above them is neither false nor complete. It is simply the measure their eyes have learned. To know the boundary … Continue reading →

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