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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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“Cricket on My Window”

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

Who are you, little voyager of the green world? Out of the roaring highway you came, out of the bright rush of June, out of the invisible fields and grasses beyond the guardrails, crossing the torrent of speed without hesitation. … Continue reading →

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“Traveling”

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

Early summer. I sit upon a bench before Sungsan Art-hall Grand Theater in Changwon, Korea, waiting, listening, already traveling before a single note is sung. Not by airplane, not by train, not by the crowded arteries of cities— but by … Continue reading →

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“Half a Century Later”

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

Time does not pass. It settles quietly like dust upon an old hymnal, like sunlight resting on photographs whose faces still wait in a fading frame. And after fifty years— or perhaps only yesterday— five friends gathered again by the … Continue reading →

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“The Ranger Platoon of Love”

Posted on July 8, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

I sing the red-capped Master Sergeant, chief instructor of the Rangers on Gamaksan, whose voice once rolled through the mountains like thunder among the pines, whose boots struck the ridges and taught young men how to climb fear, how to … Continue reading →

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“Farewell”

Posted on July 8, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

A month— no longer than the turning of one page in the book of heaven— yet long enough for my soul to remember its first language. Tomorrow the wide-winged airplane will lift me once more over the Pacific, back to … Continue reading →

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“Thinking of Joseph”

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

On the morning after the U.S. presidential election earlier this November, I left a message for my eldest daughter in New York: “Today, take a picture of my granddaughter holding the newspaper announcing President‑elect Obama’s victory.” That was my request. … Continue reading →

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“At Penn Station”

Posted on May 25, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

A few years ago, whenever I had business in Manhattan, stepping into Penn Station required great courage. After several bad experiences—getting lost in the maze of one‑way streets or paying outrageous parking fees—I learned to take the train instead of … Continue reading →

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“Toward the Deep Desires of Life”

Posted on May 14, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

In our lives, we carry many desires. Some are momentary, while others stretch across a year, five years, ten years, or even into the final season of life. To have a desire is to possess the energy that propels us … Continue reading →

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