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Leper scrap

by Seo Jeong-jugo link December 17, 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.

Saddened by the sun
and blue of the sky
 
the leper ate a child
at moonrise by the barley fields
 
and through the night cried out
his sorrow red as a flower.

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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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