A Half Shattered Briquette Ahn Do-hyun (1961-present) Someday, I too want to flare up, I too want to push myself to the limit. When I return in the truck I arrived in, “a briquette”—the first name I was given— will be shattered like my existence. So I want to reach my limit here, gloriously, even if … Continue reading
A Piece of Briquette Ahn Do-hyun (1961-present) Though people say many different things, Life is To become a briquette, gladly For somebody else. From the day the floor chills to the day spring comes, The most beautiful thing in the streets of Korea Is a truck that fervidly climbs up the hill with briquettes. As if … Continue reading
I Ask You Ahn Do-hyun (1961-present) Don’t kick ashes from briquettes. Have you Ever been fiery for somebody else Once in your life? 1994 (Translated by Jido Ahn. September 2016) Learn more about the poet: Ahn Do-hyeon (1961-) 너에게 묻는다 안도현 (1961-) 연탄재 함부로 발로 차지 마라 너는 누구에게 한번이라도 뜨거운 사람이었느냐 photo source: Woman … Continue reading
Had We Been Snowflakes Ahn Do-hyun (1961-present) Had we been snowflakes, let us not become sleet that hesitantly scatters in the air. Even if the world is gusty, freezing, and dark, let us come down in big, cozy flakes to the lowest part of a town where people live. Had we been snowflakes, let us become letters … Continue reading
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