Korean History and Culture Seminar for American Educators Handbook 2017 NKS Seminar-Handbook-Final with Daniel | Page 78

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A single sole was lost today, deep in the river Yalu,
Thrashing, twisting, torn to shreds with color quickly
fading.
On the bridge a small boy laughs, holding out his empty
shoe.
Cuisine?
I look through the window of the Korean barbeque place.
Ducks, chickens, creatures big and small, hang from the
gallows of the cook.
Step inside and join the culture, leave your wishes at the door.
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Early Korean Literature by David McCann, Columbia
UP, 2000;
The Bamboo Grove: An introduction to Sijo by
Richard Rutt (U of Michigan P, 1998)
The Book of Korean Shijo by Kevin O’Rourke (Harvard
East Asia Series)
“The Sijo, a Re-Versible Door into Korean Culture,”
from Education About Asia (Spring 2010) published
by the Association for Asian Studies.
http://www.sijopoetry.com/
http://www.sejongculturalsociety.org/writing/
current/sijo_guide.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sijoforum/
Dreams on a Lake
I’m floating on the dark lake, dreaming I’m floating on a
cloud
The surface of my tanned skin tingling as water dries on it
A man yells, “Hello, good neighbor!” breaking my dreams to
pieces.
EVEN NOW
Just us two in the photograph

his arm around my thin
shoulder
That strong limb I then leaned against

would break so many falls
We stood like this but only once

but his strength holds me still