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Read more about the article I’m a loner, I’m brave
Vasily Kandinsky, Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago, public domain.

I’m a loner, I’m brave

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:December 12, 2024
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Two poems by Kim Yurim, translated from Korean by Megan Sungyoon

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Read more about the article some nights in March
Esra Nagel, Untitled, 2014/2024.

some nights in March

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:March 18, 2024
  • Post category:featured/poetry

Five poems by Park Joon, translated from Korean by Susan K

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Read more about the article night colors coiled even tighter
Sofía Ortiz, Para Victoria, 2020.

night colors coiled even tighter

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:November 3, 2022
  • Post category:featured/Issue 10/poetry

A poem by Shin Youngbae, translated from Korean by Eunice Lee

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Read more about the article The cold ankles of dried stalks
Hawk at Sunrise, Jeong Hong-Rae, public domain.

The cold ankles of dried stalks

  • Post author:Helen Hill
  • Post published:October 12, 2022
  • Post category:featured/Issue 6/poetry

Two poems by Heeduk Ra, translated by Won-Chung Kim & Christopher Merrill

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Read more about the article I can’t bury my heart anywhere on this earth
Peder Balke, The Stormy Sea, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway, c. 1870.

I can’t bury my heart anywhere on this earth

  • Post author:Michael Barron
  • Post published:August 16, 2021
  • Post category:featured/Issue 9/poetry

Two poems by Sister Claudia Lee Hae-in, translated from Korean by Esther Kim and Paige Aniyah Morris

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Read more about the article for me who asked but did not receive forgiveness

for me who asked but did not receive forgiveness

  • Post author:flimflamjimjam
  • Post published:August 10, 2016
  • Post category:poetry

Two poems by Kim Yi-deum translated by Jake Levine and Soeun Seo

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Read more about the article the smell of the eyes of a beast

the smell of the eyes of a beast

  • Post author:flimflamjimjam
  • Post published:June 19, 2014
  • Post category:poetry

Two poems by Kim Kyung Ju, translated by Jake Levine and Jung Hi-Yeon

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