Category Archives: Poetry

여윈 세월 너울대는 춤사위 위에서 덩덩 덩더쿵 몰아쉬는 숨 전율은 정조를 지키듯 변함없는 표정 너는 나 나는 너 달빛 아래 덩덩 덩더쿵 달 빛 아래로 품어 내는 한은 가도 가도 남도길 덩 덩 덩더 쿵 땀방울이 장마비 신명은 마릉 마다 … Continue reading →

December opened quietly but surely Walking and walking since January Advent brings the road Expecting jolly walking Grief and stress all over Hope in stillness Make the road rather Congruent all faith Ready for being happy songs Silently rise in … Continue reading →

Ringing as birthing Ringing as dying Lost voice at the edge of the village Lost awkward dance You are perched on the edge of a trembling pillar, reaching for the sky splitting it in two. That day, with bowed head, … Continue reading →

– Hovering Over 76 Years Again, again, again—Is it a cycle repeating,Or a spiral galaxy spinningToward the black hole’s pull? I’ve learned—how precious it isto care for teeth—brushing after every bite,sensitive to heat,to cold,to stress etched deepby tasks too largefor … Continue reading →

Sitting outside in thirty-three degrees,life lingers in the lattice of winter lettuce—stillness occupied, even by the void. Light green threads between dark bark and snow,a surreal dance with glittering ice. As neurons spark within my mind,tiny currents echo and expand—microbursts … Continue reading →

Fragrance of coffee— long before I wake— wanders through the corners of my dreaming world. It has traveled far, across fields, through rooms, along hidden ways, to arrive and rest within my five waiting senses. Then— as minutes slip by, … Continue reading →

For three years nowI have been learning how to farmfrom a small patch of backyard ground. I have learned I cannot walk alone—only in step with what the Creator intends.I cannot hurry aheadof the season’s clock,nor lag behindin careless delay. … Continue reading →