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Tag Archives: Poetry
My friend, Kim Hyung-Gi**
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
“True Music”
— 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
Grateful Heart
(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
“Dandelion”
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
“Living in the Well”
—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
“Peace with Justice”
Peace is not the silence left behind by exhausted armies. Peace is justice learning to breathe through human hands. It is the widow who no longer fears the night. It is the child who falls asleep without listening for sirens. … Continue reading
“When the Earth Cries Out”
(For Joan Sebastian Guerrero, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and all whose names become prayers) The earth cried out before anyone spoke. Before the reports were written. Before the questions were asked. Before explanations searched for words that could never mend a … Continue reading
“The Day After Election”
Some won. Some lost. But dawn arrived without choosing sides. The buses breathed along their routes. Shop doors opened to familiar streets. A farmer touched the soil still holding yesterday’s rain. A mother set bowls upon the table. An old … Continue reading
“Heart of Listening Stories”
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
“Fresh Waters, My Home Church”
– For Changchun Methodist Church, 120 Years A clear stream runs through the world, not with noise, not with power, but with the patience of water finding every thirsty root. On a Sunday morning, the prophet speaks again: “These waters … Continue reading
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