CONTENTS
Acknowledgements = xix
Preface = xxi
Introduction = xxiii
1920s
HAN Yong'un(1879-1944)
The Silence of Love = 3
A Secret in Embroidery = 4
Parting Creates Beauty = 4
I Do Not Know = 5
A Secret = 5
The Essence of Love = 6
The Ferryboat and the Traveler = 6
KIM \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O k(1893-195?)
A Spinning Wheel = 7
Samsu - kapsan = 8
A Seagull = 8
Winter = 9
Spring Breeze = 9
O Sangsun(1894-1963)
The First Night = 10
Poetry, Cigarettes and I = 11
Wanderlust = 11
HWANG S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o g'u(1895-1958)
The Heart of a Girl = 13
Mountain Flowers in the Dusk = 13
A Butterfly Has Flown Away = 14
Spring = 14
Fallen Leaves = 14
PY \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O N Y \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngno(1898-1961)
Non'ge = 15
The Mind of Korea = 16
My Dreams = 16
Rain = 17
CHU Yohan(1900-1979)
The Sound of Rain = 18
Fireworks = 19
A Guest = 20
I Wish to Sing = 21
YI Sanghwa(1900-1941)
Does Spring Come to These Forfeited Fields? = 22
Parting = 23
To My Bedroom = 25
CH \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O NG Chiyong(1901-195?)
Native Village = 27
The Summit = 28
Nostalgia = 28
The Glass-window = 29
YI Changh \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? u i(1900-1929)
Spring Is a Cat = 30
A Lonesome Season = 31
The Insect Cries = 31
KIM Tonghwan(1901-19?)
When the River Breaks Loose = 32
In the South Village Across the Hill = 33
Snowfall = 34
When Spring Comes = 35
The Boatsong of the Sungari = 35
KIM Tongmy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1909-1966)
My Heart = 36
Autumn = 37
The Sea = 37
A Banana Plant = 38
KIM Sow \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o l(1902-1934)
The Azaleas = 39
Flowers in the Hills = 40
The Graves = 40
Love-pillow = 41
Unforgettable = 42
Invocation = 42
Song by the Brook = 43
1930s
O Ilto(1901-1946)
Fireside Elegy = 47
My Sweetheart, Come Closer = 48
Seared Grape Leaves = 49
KIM Sang'yong(1902-1951)
I Would Have a Window Facing South = 50
The Harbor = 50
Snowy Morning = 51
Homethought = 51
KIM Y \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngnang(1903-1950)
Till Peonies Bloom = 52
An Endless River = 53
The Sunshine Whispers to a Stone Wall = 53
Anyone Who Understands Me = 54
May = 54
PARK Yongch \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ol(1904-1938)
The Departing Boat = 55
Your Shadow = 56
Cold Forehead = 56
YI Yuksa(1904-1944)
Twilight = 57
The Grapes = 58
The Vertex = 58
Wilderness = 59
Flowers = 59
KIM Kwangs \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o p(1905-1977)
The Dove in Songbukdong = 60
Heart = 61
A Summer Morning after a Shower = 62
Solitary Cell No. 55 = 62
Pathos = 63
Longing = 63
YI Hayun(1906-1974)
Daisies = 64
A Water Mill = 64
Waters = 65
SHIN S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o kch \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1907-1974)
If You Call = 66
It is Not Time Yet to Light the Candle = 67
In Your Eyes = 67
Sad Design = 68
Do You Know That Far-off Land? = 69
YU Ch'ihwan(1908-1967)
Wonder Is With Us = 70
Happiness = 71
Rock = 72
The Tree of Goodness = 72
A Kite = 73
Flag = 73
It Will Be Known in the End = 74
SHIN S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o kch'o(1909-1976)
Flute = 75
Catapulting a Stone = 76
The Gong Dance = 77
YI Sang(1910-1938)
Mirror = 86
The Morning = 87
Poem No. 12 = 87
The Cliff = 88
A Flower-tree = 88
MO Yunsuk(1910-)
What a Fallen Soldier Says = 89
This Life = 92
The Bright Zone = 93
KIM Kirim(1909-19?)
The Weather Chart = 94
The Sea and the Butterfly = 95
Homesickness = 96
Spring = 96
KIM Kwanggun(1912-?)
Sketch of an Autumn Day = 97
Lamp = 98
Gaslight = 98
The Sea Breeze = 99
Foreigners' Village = 99
At the Nokdong Graveyard = 100
The Silver Spoon = 101
NO Ch' \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o nmy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1913-1957)
Watching the Stars = 102
Longing = 103
Deer = 103
Wild Chrysanthemums = 104
Behind Bars = 105
The Graveyard = 105
KIM Hy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ns \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? u ng(1913-1976)
A Hymn to Life = 106
The Window = 107
Prayer in Autumn = 107
A Sycamore = 108
The Horizon = 109
The Absolute Solitude = 109
CHANG Many \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1914-1976)
The Prostitute = 111
Rain = 112
Homesick = 113
Lamb = 114
The Image of Rain = 114
S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O Ch \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngju(1915-)
The Nightingale = 115
Beside the Chrysanthemum = 116
Midday = 116
Flower Gift = 117
Blue Days = 117
The Leper = 118
Looking at Mt. Mudung = 118
The Winter Sky = 119
KIM Chonghan(1916-1944)
Scenery around an Old Well = 120
Poem for Old Garden = 120
Song for Homeland = 121
PARK Tujin(1916-)
The Hyanghy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o n Ridge = 122
The Stars = 123
A Hymn to the Graveyard = 124
Embrace = 124
Song of Stone = 126
Before Thy Love = 127
Toward the Bosom of the Sun = 128
The Sun = 129
PARK Mogw \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o l(1919-1978)
The Traveler = 130
April = 130
Bed-sharing = 131
Love = 131
Lowering the Coffin = 132
The Blue Deer = 133
The Mountain Peach Blossoms = 133
CHO Chihun(1920-1968)
Falling Petals = 134
At Toriwon = 135
An Old Temple = 135
Grass Notes = 136
Petals on the Sleeves = 136
At Tabuwon = 137
The Nun's Dance = 138
Moonlight Song = 139
YUN Tongju(1917-1945)
Confessions = 140
Counting the Stars = 141
The Prologue = 142
The Cross = 143
Another Primeval Morning = 143
Boy = 144
Another Home = 144
Hospital = 145
PARK Namsu(1918-)
The Birds = 146
The Chrysanthemums = 147
A Tavern = 148
Hands(Ⅰ) = 148
Midday Nap = 149
Hands(Ⅱ) = 149
1940s and 1950s
KIM Ky \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngnin(1918-)
The Sun Plummets Down = 153
Like a Typewriter = 154
Weathering = 155
HWANG K \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? u mchan(1918-)
Star and Fish = 156
Spring Famine = 157
Prayer = 158
Musing = 159
Candlelight = 160
HAN Haun(1919-1975)
Oaten Pipe = 161
Amidst the Petals = 162
Blue Bird = 163
Life = 163
Punishment = 164
KIM Chongsam(1921-1984)
The Salt Sea = 165
When That Day Comes = 165
A Bird = 166
KU Sang(1919-)
War Poems 7 ; The graveyard for the enemy = 167
War Poems 1 = 168
War Poems 2 = 169
War Poems 3 = 171
The Raven = 172
Shame = 173
YI Tongju(1920-)
The Great Buddha Image = 174
Ganggang-suwole = 175
The Bride = 176
KIM Suy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1921-1968)
Snow = 177
A Waterfall = 178
Folding Screen = 178
With a Fly = 179
Grass = 180
CHO Py \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o nghwa(1921-)
The Shore = 181
Where We Are Alone = 182
Empty as Death = 183
Never to Meet Again = 183
The Migratory Bird = 184
Shell = 184
KIM Ch'unsu(1922-)
The Death of a Girl in Budapest = 185
In June = 188
Flower = 189
CH \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O NG Hanmo(1923-1991)
Who Is Awake = 190
Bird = 191
Late Autumn = 191
Butterfly on a Journey = 192
Song of Stone = 193
Parting = 194
KIM Kyudong(1923-)
A Letter from the North = 195
An Era = 196
Evening Glow and Poetry = 197
Home = 197
SHIN Tongjip(1924-)
A Shoe = 198
Vertigo = 199
Cactus = 200
A Handshake = 201
Life = 202
A Sorrow = 203
HONG Yunsuk(1925-)
Sunbeams in an Alien Land = 204
On Ornament = 205
Fantasy on the Weeds = 206
Spring Fever = 207
What I Can Do for This Autumn = 208
PARK Inhwan(1926-1956)
Black River = 209
The Wooden Horse and the Lady = 210
When Time Passes = 211
Without Tears = 212
Black God = 213
KIM Jonggil(1926-)
Cow = 214
Tavern at Sunset = 214
Christmas(Ⅰ) = 215
Christmas(Ⅱ) = 216
A Note on the Mediterranean = 217
KIM Namjo(1927-)
A Flag in the Heart = 218
Trees = 219
The Winter Sea = 220
Music = 221
Snowflakes = 222
Moon T \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ksu(1927-)
That Sound = 223
Staircase = 224
Omen = 224
Ode to Fallen Leaves = 225
Signpost = 226
My Autumn = 226
CH \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O N Pongg \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o n(1928-)
Lyricism = 227
The Piano = 228
Inner Sea = 228
Mischief = 229
KIM Kwangnim(1929-)
Conflict = 230
Landscape(A) = 231
The Lord's Day = 231
The Bird = 232
Vacant Site = 232
YI Hy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o nggi(1933-)
A Sketch = 233
Nightingale = 233
Breach of Promise = 234
Fallen Petals = 235
Cricket Song = 236
CH \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O N Sangby \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1930-1993)
Return to Heaven = 237
Namelessness = 237
Bird = 238
Letter = 239
PARK Chaesam(1933-)
A Landscape = 240
The Flower Tree = 241
Our Mind = 241
Flute Holes = 242
A Ditty = 242
Woods = 243
PARK Hijin(1931-)
Song for Empty Cup = 244
Love Song = 244
Ode to Merciful Bodhisattva = 245
Poem for the Green = 246
Pine Tree on Earth = 247
PARK S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng'yong(1934-)
The Poppy = 248
A Windy Day = 249
Things Lost in Autumn = 250
The Fruit Tree = 251
Two Themes in Fantasy = 252
PARK Pong'u(1934-1990)
The Truce Line = 253
What Does It Matter if Azaleas Blow = 254
The Land Forever Our Own = 255
KW \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O N Ilsong(1933-)
Memory of the Seine = 256
The Apocalypse = 257
For Coal's Sake = 258
YU Ky \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o nghwan(1936-)
Rainy Weather = 260
Harvest = 261
On the Beach = 261
S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O NG Ch'unbok(1934-)
I Live Here = 262
Tea at Dawn = 263
The Song of Storm = 263
SHIN Tong'y \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o p(1930-1969)
Azaleas Flooding the Landscape = 264
On the Hills and Mountains = 265
Husk, Be Gone = 266
HONG Yun'gi(1933-)
Thunder = 267
Crimson Maples = 268
A Fly Ball = 268
KIM Y \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngt'ae(1936-)
Hotel North = 269
A Snowflake = 270
Landscape = 270
Butterfly = 271
HWANG Tonggyu(1938-)
A Little Love Song = 272
Elegy = 273
A Lesser Love Song = 275
Sea Gulls = 275
1960s and 1970s
KIM Huran(1934-)
Winter Tree = 279
Mountain = 280
To Be in Time for Mass = 281
Fish Cooking = 281
SHIN Ky \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngnim(1936-)
A Visa to a Rural Town = 282
That Day = 283
Reed = 283
The Diary of a Mountain Town = 284
The River = 285
That Summer = 285
SHIN Tongchun(1931-)
Life = 286
In Autumn = 287
I'll Be with You = 287
Voice = 288
KIM Yangshik(1931-)
Because There = 289
Elegy = 289
Grass Flower = 290
On an Autumn Morning = 291
A Line of Verse = 291
KIM Y \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o j \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ng(1933-)
Stone = 292
Labyrinth = 293
The Sea of Lemon = 294
In the Summer = 295
H \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O Seuk(1934-)
Something Greater Than Heaven = 296
The Bell = 297
In the Rain and Wind = 297
KIM Jaihiun(1934-)
Mother-thought = 298
To a Nigerian Friend = 299
Legacy = 299
The Law of Fall = 300
Wonder = 301
KIM Chiha(1941-)
Bird = 302
Aerin 1 = 303
Aerin 4 = 304
CH \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O NG Hy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o njong(1937-)
Rapport = 305
The Abyss of Sound = 305
Note 25 = 306
Miserable = 306
Going by Far = 306
YI K \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? u nbae(1940-)
A Certain Year = 307
The Vision of Winter = 308
The Sound of Water = 308
Door = 309
Rise and Fall = 309
KANG Ushik(1941-)
Wormwood = 310
Quatrain One = 310
Quatrain Five = 310
Quatrain Ninety-nine = 310
Quatrain One Hundred = 311
Quatrain One Hundred and Twenty-two = 311
SONG Sugw \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o n(1940-)
A Sketch = 312
At a Temple Gate = 313
The Cuckoo on Mt. Chinri = 314
YI S \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngbu(1942-)
The Bulldozer = 315
Spring = 316
The Sea = 316
Paddies = 317
KIM Y \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o n'gyun(1942-)
This Side of the Grave = 318
Message = 319
Returning Home = 319
Years and Months = 320
PARK Chech' \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o n(1945-)
Mind, Its History = 321
Distrust = 321
Changtze-3- = 322
Hare Hunting-13- = 322
Heavenly Traveler-Tu-Fu - = 322
KANG \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? U n'gyo(1945-)
In the Empty Sky at Dusk = 323
Rotation(1) = 324
Should We Ever Be Water = 325
H \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? O Hy \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o ngman(1945-)
Where You Wished Me = 326
Winter Sound = 327
For the Poor = 328
Snowfall on the Seas = 329
MOON Chunghee(1947-)
Poem at Forty = 330
Letter = 331
A Song = 332
A Flock of Birds = 332
KIM Namju(1946-1994)
This Autumn = 333
Spring in the Hills and Fields = 334
A Virgin Boy and a Virgin Girl = 334
CHO Ch \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o nggw \mathord \tthbuildrel \scriptscriptstyle? o n(1949-)
The Mountaintop Graveyard 1 = 335
The Mountaintop Graveyard 19 = 337
The Mountaintop Graveyard 22 = 338
Sealed-up Autumn = 338
Index of Poets = 339
Index of Titles of Poems = 341