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Beside a Chrysanthemum scrap

by Seo Jeong-jugo link June 2, 2015

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Seo Jeong-ju

Seo Jeong-ju (1915 ~ 2000) was a Korean poet who wrote under the pen name Midang. He is widely considered as one of the best poets in twentieth-century Korean literature.

o bring one chrysanthemum
to flower, the cuckoo has cried
since spring.
 
To bring one chrysanthemum to bloom,
thunder has rolled
through the black clouds.
 
Flower, like my sister returning
from distant, youthful byways
of throat-tight longing
to stand by the mirror:
 
for your yellow petals to open,
last night such a frost fell,
and I did not sleep.

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Seo Jeong-ju

Seo Jeong-ju

Seo Jeong-ju (1915 ~ 2000) was a Korean poet who wrote under the pen name Midang. He is widely considered as one of the best poets in twentieth-century Korean literature.

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