Poet Yoo Dong
Ae was born in Namhae, Gyeongnam Province. She graduated from Jinju Girls’ High
School, Jinju National Teachers' College, and Hansung University with a degree
in Korean Language and Literature. She retired after a long career as an
elementary school teacher. She made her literary debut in 1992 in the poetry
section of Munyesajo. She currently serves as Vice President of the Korean
Association of World Literature. She has also served as the inaugural Secretary-General
of the Gangdong Literary Association and as President of the Gurye Literary
Association. Her poetry collections include With the Flowers That Bloom Within
Me (2017, supported by the Jeonnam Cultural Foundation's Literary Creation
Grant), and Sunlight on Broken Porcelain (2019, also supported by the Jeonnam
Cultural Foundation's Literary Creation Grant). She has also contributed to the
poetry anthology Water Dreams of the Sea.
Hometown Wind
The wind was
blowing that day too.
Still, the mugwort
rose in its own quiet way,
And the wild
roses, true to themselves,
Pushed
through the earth
And bloomed.
The wind I
once knew
Childhood’s
breeze I met again
In my
hometown
Would come to
me gently
Whenever I
wandered alone
And met a
path's end
In the
mountain’s hush.
With a
rounded hush, a soft echo
It curved
past stone walls,
Paused on the
fence,
Wove through
the branches,
Brushed the
treetops
And gathered
the scattered islands
Into its
arms.
고향 바람
그날도 바람은 불었다
그래도 쑥은 쑥대로
찔레는 찔레대로
싹을 틔우고
꽃을 피웠더구나
고향에서 만난
어린 시절의 바람은
산길을 혼자 거닐 때
막다른 길에 다다를 때마다
둥근 울림으로
돌담을 돌아서 담장에 걸린 후
가지를 돌아
나무 끝을 어루며
점점이 섬들을 품는다
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