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A Poem a Day
Shijo Breeze ever fresh, moon ever bright, not a mote of dust in bamboo grove or pine pavilion. The komun’go and ten thousand books make for even finer feelings. Kwŏn Homun (1532-1587) passed the civil service examination when he was thirty. He resigned his position when his parents … [Read More...]
LODGING AT PUHUNG TEMPLE
Lost my way; came to a mountain hermitage; the people call it Puhŭng Temple. Cranes on green pines are the sole residents here; it’s midday but I haven’t met the monk. A gold Buddha rests against the ancient wall; jade lanterns gutter on bare beams. The yard in front is extraordinarily … [Read More...]
A Poem a Day
CH’OYONG FRAGMENT It was snowing in March. Snow wet the new lilac shoots, wet the flowering camellias. The southern sea still clad in winter fur cocked an early eye. Before I slept that night I heard the bull seal cry. March snow has big flakes; It wet the pale necks of the … [Read More...]