Category Archives: Poetry

To welcome the Lordinto my houseis to begin with cleansing—to sweep the dustof long-forgotten corners,and lift each curtainthat has hidden the truth. In closets sealed by fear,I open the boxes—untie the cords of greed and pride,shake loose the dust of … Continue reading →

© TaeHun Yoon, 1978 If you look from the right, his face is hard—twisted with something mean and small.But turn to the left, and sorrow shows,the kind that’s forgotten what peace is called. The earth keeps what it knows best—hunger, … Continue reading →

© 윤 태헌, 1998 그리고 2025 메마른 우물가,바위 위에 뱀이 목을 들었다.부풀어 오른 목구멍에서귀로 들을 수 없는 울음이 새어 나왔다. 밤이 깊어그 뱀은 내 귓속 조가비에 혀를 밀어 넣고울었다. 그 밤,수년의 침묵이 가슴 속에서 흘러나왔다.나는 어둠 속을 헤매며내 안의 꼬인 … Continue reading →

© TaeHun Yoon, 1979 then 2025 By the dry well,on a slab of stone,a snake lifted its swollen throatand made a soundnot meant for ears. From the bed,it slipped its tongueinto the shell of my ear—and wept. That night,years of … Continue reading →

© TaeHun Yoon, 1998 The sky came clear—honest, unhurried,as if it had nothing left to confess. Birdsong mended the hollow night,each note a small flamehung trembling in the dark. And God—becoming heart,pulse, breath—moved through the morningwith a tenderness so preciseit … Continue reading →

© TaeHun Yoon, 1978 then 2025 The desert rose upon the clouds,and the sea—resigned—sank beneath them.Even here, at the lip of the world,the breath of a typhoon finds me. The desert whistles—a sound like memorytrying to unfasten itself from silence. … Continue reading →