Acknowledgments and Permissions

Korea has always had very many excellent poets, far more than could be accommodated in this anthology. The inclusion of some poets over others, therefore, may seem arbitrary to those with a wide knowledge of Korean poetry, but this is always the case when choices have to be made.

“A Deer,” “Between ‘No Sighting’ and ‘Sighting’,” “Banksias,” “I Wasn’t Yet Born,” “Where the Cornfield used to Be,” “Sacrament on the Road,” and “Room with a View of Seopseom” by Ra HeeDuk, translated by Daniel Parker and YoungShil Ji. Originally published in Wild Apple (Buffalo: White Pine Press, 2015). Copyright White Pine Press. Reprinted with permission.

“Reeds’ Blood,” “The Hill Inside the Hill,” and “Splendor of Water 4” by Chonggi Mah. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé. Originally published in Eyes of Dew: Poems by Chonggi Mah (Buffalo: White Pine Press, 2006).

“In the Dark,” “Friend! In your Fist...,” “Someone,” “Mountain Station,” “Year-end Fair,” “An Alley,” “Traveling Companions,” “A Chance Encounter,” and “We Meet Again” by Shin Gyeong-nim. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé. Originally published in Farmers’ Dance: Poems by Shin Kyŏng-Nim (Seoul: Dapgae Publishing, 1999).

“Substance and Reality,” “Wings,” “Playing by Himself,” “New Year,” and “Lord! Once Again” by Ku Sang. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé. Originally published in Infant Spendor: Poems by Ku Sang (Seoul: Samsung Publishing, 1991).

“Trickery,” “Roadside Trees in April,” “Kim with Crutch,” and “A Kind of Confession” by Kim Kwang-kyu. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé. Originally published in Faint Shadows of Love: Poems by Kim Kwang-kyu (London: Forest Books, 1991).

“Barley-time Summer,” “Self-portrait,” “Noontide,” “The Legend of the Tiled-roof House,” “A Kiss,” and “Pretty Girl” by Midang Seo Jeong-ju. Translated by Brother Anthony of Taizé. Originally published in The Early Lyrics of So Chong-Ju (London: Forest Books, 1991).

Poems by Kim Sun-Woo, Song Kyung-dong, Ra Heeduk, Kim Sa-in, Choi Jeongrye, Baek Mu-san, Ko Hyeong-ryeol, Jeong Ho-seung, Lee Si-young, and Ko Un. Copyright Changbi Publishers (Seoul, Korea). Reprinted with permission.