Wednesday, January 3, 2018

SOUTHERN SKY

SOUTHERN SKY
   after Yun Dongju

A swallow has two wings.
A gloomy autumn day --

I miss my mother's breast
these frosty evenings --

The young spirit rides the single wing of nostalgia
afloat in the southern sky --

--tr. Duane Vorhees

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