Tag Archives: life

“Against the Falling Water”

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

Last nightsleep came in three small rivers—an hour, perhaps two,then waking,then returningto the dark between breaths. Outside,summer burned at ninety-eight,feeling like one hundred five. My wife said,“Stay inside.The heat can wait.The weeds can wait.” But something in the body knowswhat … Continue reading →

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When the Crows Sang for SaRang

Posted on August 18, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

The crows came into my backyard this morning— black wings against a pale and trembling sky, singing their ancient song: Caw. Caw. Caw. Their voices were rough, almost sorrowful, and somehow they stirred a fragile place inside my heart. For … Continue reading →

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“Over the two screws*”

Posted on August 13, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

I used not to ask anything. All my life, I did the work myself. Do it alone — never ask — that was my rule. And yet, there I was again on the bathroom floor, learning that nothing about making … Continue reading →

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“Absent Labor, I Fade Away”

Posted on August 11, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

Time movesin its quiet circles, and I move within it— a small figurein the workshop of days, one pair of aging handsamong the countless handsthat have built this world. Absent labor,I fade away. Not yet into death, but into somethingalmost … Continue reading →

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“SWIM AS JUBILEE” II

Posted on August 9, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

(1) Swim— O my soul, swim. Do not turn backwardinto the dim coves of memory,where yesterday keeps its broken boatsand old voices call us by nameswe have already outgrown. Swim. Swim as Jubilee. Swim toward the widening horizon,toward the place … 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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“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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“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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“Heart of Listening Stories”

Posted on July 12, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

My wife has been the faithful witness to my life. Not because she walked every road beside me, but because she listened from the other end of the table where my friends and I have gathered through the decades. In … Continue reading →

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“Over Cheongpung Lake”

Posted on July 12, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

The water remembers. Not only water, but roads that no longer lead anywhere, a stone step before a vanished door, a mulberry tree reaching toward a field that now sleeps beneath the lake. Names once spoken at dusk rest quietly … Continue reading →

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