Strong Winds at Mishi Pass

by Hwang, Tong-Gyu; Kim, Seong-Kon; Maloney, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9781893996106
• ISBN10: 1893996107
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: White Pine Pr

Summary

The first widely available translation in English of one of South Korea's most important contemporary poets. Tong-Gyu Hwang is recognized as one of the most important poets in contemporary South Korea. This volume draws work from three of his recent books and includes a number of his Wind Burial poems that haven't appeared in English previously. "Hwang uniquely combines bold contemporary images and traditional Oriental spareness to reveal the integrity of a world where nature and human beings must rely on each other in the face of all that would strip away meaning and dignity."-Grace Loving Gibson. a_? Available for National Poetry Month

Table of Contents

Introduction
Tong-Gyu Hwang: Traveling Poet Who Defeats Death	7	(4)
Strong Winds at Mishi Pass (1993)
Dream Flower	11	(1)
Meeting Wonhyo at O-Uh Temple	12	(2)
Like a Thief, I Drove My Jeep in the Night	14	(1)
The House of Ho Nansolhon	15	(1)
The Last Poem	16	(1)
The Day We Buried Kim Hyon	17	(1)
At My Friend's Grave	17	(1)
Kim Hyon's Real Name	18	(1)
In Autumn	19	(1)
The Second of Rain in Late Autumn	20	(1)
An Early Winter Night	21	(1)
I Felt Like Driving on Icy Roads	22	(1)
On Local Roads	23	(1)
Strong Wind at Mishi Pass	24	(3)
A Conversation at ``Five-Color Valley''	27	(1)
Seven Variations on Li Po's Main Theme	28	(2)
Leibniz, Who Enjoyed Death	30	(1)
Natural Spring at Sambong	31	(1)
Cicada	32	(1)
A Cricket	33	(1)
Wearing Rock Moss	34	(1)
When My Knees Begin to Ache	35	(1)
Staying Up All Night Writing	36	(2)
A Wandering Star	38	(1)
On Earth	39	(1)
The Devil	40	(2)
Reading Your Memoir of My Younger Days	42	(1)
My Fellow Poet Kyo-won Oh	43	(1)
A Brief Secular Mass for Hwang Inchol	44	(1)
A Skeleton That Smiles Properly	45	(1)
S.O.S.	46	(1)
Flowers in Cement Country	47	(1)
In Last Night's Dream	48	(1)
A Dandelion in My Apartment	49	(1)
Why is Morundae in Chongson?	50	(5)
from Journey to Morundae (1991)
Journey to Morundae	55	(3)
The Koryo Burial	58	(1)
Kwanak Diaries 1	59	(1)
Kwanak Diaries 2	60	(1)
Forgetting My Army I.D.	61	(1)
Sleeping in Pyongch'ang	62	(1)
The Bread of This World	63	(1)
If Mankind Wants to Survive	64	(1)
Stingray	65	(1)
Plum Blossom	66	(1)
Listening to ``A Survivor from Warsaw''	67	(1)
My Heart Aches Today	68	(1)
The Road to T'omal	69	(4)
Wind Burial Poems & Love Poems (1991-1993)
Wind Burial 17	73	(1)
Wind Burial 18	74	(1)
Wind Burial 19	75	(1)
Wind Burial 20	76	(1)
Wind Burial 21	77	(1)
Wind Burial 22	78	(1)
Wind Burial 23	79	(1)
Wind Burial 24	80	(1)
Wind Burial 25	81	(1)
Wind Burial 26	82	(1)
Wind Burial 27	83	(1)
Wind Burial 28	83	(1)
Wind Burial 29	84	(1)
Wind Burial 30	84	(1)
Wind Burial 31	85	(1)
Wind Burial 32	85	(1)
Wind Burial 33	86	(1)
Wind Burial 34	86	(1)
Wind Burial 35	87	(1)
Wind Burial 36	87	(1)
Wind Burial 37	88	(1)
Wind Burial 38	88	(1)
Wind Burial 39	89	(1)
Wind Burial 40	90	(1)
Wind Burial 41	90	(1)
Wind Burial 42	91	(1)
Wind Burial 43	92	(1)
Wind Burial 44	92	(1)
Wind Burial 45	93	(1)
Wind Burial 46	94	(1)
Wind Burial 47	95	(1)
Wind Burial 48	96	(1)
Wind Burial 49	97	(1)
Wind Burial 50	98	(1)
Wind Burial 51	98	(1)
Wind Burial 52	99	(1)
A Poor Love Song 1	100	(1)
A Poor Love Song 2	100	(1)
A Poor Love Song 3	101	(1)
A Poor Love Song 4	101	(1)
A Poor Love Song 5	102	(1)
A Poor Love Song 6	102	(1)
A Poorer Love Song 1	103	(1)
A Poorer Love Song 2	103	(1)
A Poorer Love Song 3	104	(1)
A Poorer Love Song 4	104	(1)
A Poorer Love Song 5	105	(1)
A Poorer Love Song 6	105	(1)
A Poorest Love Song 1	106	(1)
A Poorest Love Song 2	106	(1)
A Poorest Love Song 3	107	(1)
A Poorest Love Song 4	108	(1)
A Poorest Love Song 5	109	(1)
A Poorest Love Song 6	110	(1)
Notes on the Poems	111	(6)
The Author and the Translators	117