Tag Archives: Poetry

“Reason to Write Poems”

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

— Song of My Soul, Song of My Tenelach I do not writeto follow rulesor to walk the tidy pathssomeone else laid down. I writebecause something inside mehas begun to speak—a small trembling voicethat feels less like my ownand more … 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 III: A Dialogue Between Generation X and the MZ Generation

Posted on August 10, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon 윤 태헌 尹 太憲

Introduction: Two Generations, One Ocean Swim as Jubilee. The phrase sounds simple, but it carries a powerful invitation: do not remain trapped in the waters of yesterday. Swim toward a horizon neither generation owns. Imagine two people standing beside the … 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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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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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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“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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