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Ra’s poems flow, pound, dance, and stammer. Her expressions subtle and nuanced persistent in the reader's mind.
List of contents
CONTENTS
PART 1
A Bird Flew Away / 11
Raindrops / 12
Wild Apple / 14
Forest Memory/ 15
Seurat’s Painting - Pointellism / 16
Flowers of Words / 17
A Basket of Flowers / 18
Between “No Discovery” and “Discovery” / 19
Playing with Sand / 20
A Baby Called to Me / 21
I Wasn’t Yet Born / 22
Soom bi so ri (Breath-Emptying Whistle) / 23
The Crucial Moment / 24
Being John Malkovich / 25
Putting on Red Shoes / 26
PART 2
Th Hexagonal Room / 29
Drops of Water / 30
Wall and Floor / 31
Conversation / 32
Gardner’s Language / 33
Drained Pond / 34
Two Chambers of My Heart / 35
His Photo / 36
Air over the Pedestrian Bridge / 37
An Unfamiliar Letter / 38
Banksias / 49
Where the Cornfield Used to Be / 40
Who to My Name / 41
We Drift Like Fallen Leaves / 42
Fog / 43
PART 3
Like Pigs’ Heads / 47
Onlookers / 48
To Be a Spectator / 49
Wind and Wind Deflector / 50
Unswallowable Things / 51
A Mirror Reflecting My Interior / 52
Spiritual Ears / 53
The Reason My Palms Throb / 54
Sunday Afternoon / 55
Fear Is a Fossil / 56
Eyes Instead of Arms / 57
Sacrament on the Road / 58
Vacancy / 59
A Huge Piece of Chalk / 60
Who Is It? / 61
About the author
HeeDuk Ra: HeeDuk Ra is considered one of South Korea's leading literary voices, having published seven books of poetry, two books of prose, a collection of letters, a children's book, and essays. In 2007, she participated in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.
William Parker: Daniel Parker was a journalist for 13 years, has an M.A. in English Literature from Murray (Ky.) State University. He has taught at Keimyung University since 2001 and is currently an assistant professor for the English Language & Literature department.
YoungShil Ji: YoungShil Ji graduated from Keimyung University and is a freelance translator specializing in contemporary Korean poetry. She is currently working on books by BoSeon Shim and EunYoung Jin.
Summary
Ra's poems flow, pound, dance, and stammer. Her expressions subtle and nuanced -- persistent in the reader's mind.
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