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Blue Sky scrap

by Kim Su-Younggo link Author Bio go link June 1, 2015

Once a poet envied
The freedom of a lark,
Its rule of the blue sky.
 
One who has ever soared
For the sake of freedom
Knows
Why the lark sings
Why freedom reeks blood
Why a revolution is lonely
 
Why revolution
Has to be lonely.

Writer 필자 소개

Kim Su-Young

Kim Su-Young

Kim Su-Young (1921–1968) is one of the most exceptional poets of modern Korea. He mainly wrote participatory poetry that emphasized the criticism of reality and the spirit of resistance. He died from an accident when he was forty-seven, after which the Kim Su-Young Literary Award was instated in his honor. Mischief of Moon Country is his only collection published during his lifetime, although he left behind over 300 poems. Collections of his poems have been translated into French, Spanish, and German.

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