If you are going to wear this hanbok
you must honor its silent rules.
Yes, they are particular and precise
but this is our lineage, our breath.
The jeogori must sit just so across the chest
Your left side should fold over the right—
never the reverse, for that is for the deceased.
Your sleeves must bloom like morning flowers,
the chima skirt should bell outward
a perfect circle when you twirl.
Your hair cannot be loose and wild,
it must be gathered in a neat bun
adorned with binyeo pins that catch the light,
not your light.
South Korea’s thirteenth guide, who rode Korea as his chariot
Only for six breathes, guided by the thirteenth star of Iscariot
Under the hoofs, he defiled the white flag, as yin and yang turned again
The slave of Seokga, the demiurge of sinful men
Hungry ghost of Chun Doo-hwan, the cornerstone of the people's burden
Killed by the bamboo dragon, the Korean people as one
Opened wide by the dragon’s teeth, showing a slave afraid of the sun
Running away from the dragon and sun, giving up the fight
Enduring all this, the dragon looked to Mount Sorak, to see a light
A bonghwang, with wings wide and free, shining through the flag of white
Korean Winter Blues
Korean Winter Blues
Korean winters
Are shorter than before
Impact of climate change
Can get very cold
As Siberian winds
Blow in from Russia
Putting the whole country
Under a deep freeze
Polar vortex
It does not snow
Too much
Except in the mountains
The coldest day
I ever experienced
Was in Korea
Back in 1979
The AFKN radio announcer
Said it was minus 70
That morning.
I live in Korea
The land of plastic surgery
K beauty products.
Korean women are
Among the most beautiful
Women in the world.
The cult of the beautiful
Everywhere you go
You see beautiful women
And men on the street,
And I realized I married
The most beautiful woman
In the world,
When I met and married
My Dream lady.
When I first came
To South Korea in 1979
To do my Peace Corps duty
In a rural country town,
I thought that the old name
Of Korea
“the land of the morning calm”
Was absurd.
Korea was a noisy place
From early morning on.
Cars, horns, radio TV blaring
People talking to crowds everywhere
At night people drink and dine.
And loudspeakers
Blasting you awake
At 6 a.m.
And during elections
Sound trucks everywhere.
Now 45 years later
It is my home
No longer a noisy
Chaotic exotic place
Just home.
Springtime Flowers Blooming Love
Springtime in Korea
walking down the world peace forest
near the international airport in Incheon
with the love of my life by my side.
Enjoying the Flowering Trees
The snowing apple trees, cherry blossoms
pear blossoms. the purple azaleas, the anemone,
the buttercups, the daffodils, the magnolia,
the scotch bloom, the tulips,
the wildflowers in the field.
the fragrance of love in the air
Life is great.
why this strong man Kim Jong cried?
who can resist pains?
as President Kim Jong
saw his population decreasing,
he was crying in front
of the group of
some women.
pleasing them
to give birth to more kids
to avoid some challenges
in the future.
many women of North
Korea were touched by his speech
and also cried.
why this strong man Kim Jong cried?
who can resist pains?
The cry of President Kim Jong publicly
called attention of many leaders
who always neglect the citizens
of their counties.
President Kim Jong promised many things
to all women who will feel his pains
and bring more children
to life.
No matter how some folks
claimed that rapid
population of Africa
is the cause of climate change.
BUT
President Kim Jong continue
to expose some liars
As seeing importance
of rapid population growth
in his country.
Once the green land of morning calm and high serenity
Soon waved the blood red flag, stained with the false words “We will soon be free”
Now a grey, barren mountain swallowed by Yaldabaoth’s sea
Are there lazy guys in The White House?
Let’s pick your loudest ‘’ Yes’’ or ‘’No’’
And could they World Peace Moves a bit douse
I would wait for a ‘’ Speak on’’ or ‘’ Go.’’
For the first, Russians could one serve ‘’ Yes,’’
For the second ‘’Simply forget it;’’
From North Korea ‘’ Madness to just guess,’’
For the second, Moods worse than Snake Pit;
Israel could suspect You, and Question
Like the Pharisee did the Christian;
To Terrorists ‘’ You’ve got just The Time,’
As they keep searching for bombs to time!
Terrorists would Peace steal like a mouse
But US Gun Laws don’t make it grow;
If laze around Interns White House
The Preventable like Rivers flow!
I gathered: owns Busiest Tables
Along tagging with Smartest Cables:
Then each has signed for schedules quite tight;
To dither about could never be right…
In this city,
concrete and glass,
ancient temples,
and hidden parks,
on this river
were made our schemes
to break with tradition,
with K-Pop dreams.
Ajoomas walk here,
comfortably clothed,
in western styles,
young beauties pose,
taking photos
under the trees,
couples strolling
in the breeze.
The sound of windchimes
fills the air
and you laugh
and toss your raven hair,
follow the clouds
of blossoms, pink-white,
hypnotic fragrance
through the night.
Suzy Davies, 2019, Copyright. All Rights Reserved.
Visit to Jade Garden
Visiting Jade Garden
Nar Chungcheong, South Korea
On a beautiful spring day,
The cherry trees were in full flower
Pink and white petals
The scent of cherry trees in the air.
Other trees just starting to bloom
Red, yellow and white tulips
Beginning to bloom.
The sounds of spring all around
Birds singing
People walking about.
Talking to one another
As they wander the pathway
Taking in the springtime splendor.
The sun warming up
The pathway winding
.Through the Forrest.
Walking along the winter
Korean beach,
With the love of my life
By my side,
She looks at me
With red hot love
Flames shooting
From her black eyes,
Melting away my heart
Driving out the cold
of the winter beach.
North Korea launched F U-2
But it headed toward Peru!
Said Xi Jinping,
"That's quite some sting
For the want of a tighter screw!"
His eyes grow cold as his hair crawls down his shirt to his spoon, into his cabbage water.
He cries inside, for his innocence lost, for who this will make him become….for what he cannot have.
Inhumane, he is like cattle and he is branded.
Unjust, unknown, he whispers “please…” and they see him….”Stupid American.”
Taken from Nightmare Abroad.
May 29th, 2021
Liberum Divisa 6 Poetry Contest
NOTE: I have not structured this form with iambic feet or any other meter. I found this form suits my faith in Jesus as LORD, closest to how I feel: SONnet
OCTAVE:
LORD, as morn yields to noon (or dawn) my SONnet will please, tease, release:
I greet thee, having access to Your throne by Jesus
And His sacrifice on Calvary: We pray against the Virus
With a sunshiny name, an aura of a name, "a garland" ...
Corona Virus, COVID-19, or SARS-Cov-2, Thy Hand
Is mighty and righteous, always Righteous, even in judgment
God of Grace and Love, forgiveness and Provisioning
Forgive me my greed, envy, jealousy, smallness and scheming
SESTET:
I intercede for others now ... as I taught in Gauteng, I now follow:
Make a prayer list, or start a Wall of Prayer at home. Workshops in 2019
With the plea: "U give 8 hours a day to your boss, why not time for God?"
All countries that begin with the letter "K" even if I privilege Kenya
Bless KOREAs (both) Kuwait, LORD do "save" - the Middle-East from war
Kazakhstan, and other former USSR republics, now with "ENTERPRISE" (free)
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