Cracking the Shell: Three Korean Ecopoets Seungho Choi, Chiha Kim, Hyonjong Chong

Sŭng-ho Ch'oe, Chi-ha Kim, Hyŏn-jong Chŏng

Homa & Sekey Books, 2006 - Poetry - 108 pages

Contents

• A Cockroach Family: 4
• The Pleasures of the Secular City 1: 5
• The Pleasures of the Secular City 2: 6
• The Vending Machine: 8
• In the Refrigerated City: 9
• Above the Water Under the Water: 10
• Bodies: 11
• Fermentation: 12
• The Mystery of the Body or Love: 14
• Potato: 15
• The Female Earth: 16
• Crows: 17
• The Eyes Flare in Pitch Darkness: 18
• The Skylark: 19
• Where Do Sparrows Die?: 20
• A Butterfly: 21
• Silkworms: 22
• A Worms Words: 23
• A Snake in the Spring: 24
• The Slow Walk of the Toad: 25
• The Death of a Snail in the Woods: 26
• A Miserable Sow: 27
• The Eyes of the Shrimp: 28
• The Lichen: 29
• If the Sunflower Had Two Arms: 30
• Cosmos Flowers: 31
• The Sound of the Buddhist Temple Bell in Evening: 32
• The Winter Mountain: 33
• The Winter Reservoir: 34
• Hearts Agony for the Cosmic Self: 35
• Cracking the Shell: 37
• Magnolia: 38
• Whatever: 39
• In the Past: 40
• Hearts Agony: 41
• New Spring 3: 42
• New Spring 4: 43
• New Spring 6: 44
• New Spring 8: 45
• The Gaps: 46
• Respect: 47
• Love: 48
• Flowerenvying Cold 1: 49
• Ilsan Poems 2: 50
• Ilsan Poem 4: 51
• Ilsan Poems 5: 52
• Inner Flesh 1: 53
• Inner Flesh 3: 54
• Nothing: 55
• Loneliness: 56
• A Memory: 57
• Empty Room: 58
• My Home: 59
• Autumn Twilight: 62
• A New Church: 63
• Late Autumn: 65
• The End of a Day: 66
• To the West: 67
• Part III Hyonjong Chong: 69
• The Island: 72
• Green Joy: 73
• A Song in Praise of the Thunder: 75
• Poetry Writing Class: 77
• An Elementary School in the Country: 79
• The Haze of Life: 80
• To My Nature: 81
• A Good Landscape: 82
• The Mystery of the Path: 83
• After Being Stung by a Bee: 85
• The Field Is Desolate: 86
• In a Spoonful of Earth: 87
• A Flower: 88
• How Bright It Is: 89
• A Song in Praise of Bark: 90
• In the Spring: 92
• That Bouquet: 93
• The Deep Earth: 94
• A Summer Day: 95
• The Dew: 96
• That Curved Line: 98
• That Toad: 99
• Trees of the World: 100
• A God: 101
• The Sound of Birds: 102
• My Pleasing Stimulants: 103
• Flower Petals: 105
• My Blood Glittering in the Sky at Night: 106
• The Seeds of Clouds: 107

Bibliographic information

• Title: Cracking the Shell: Three Korean Ecopoets Seungho Choi, Chiha Kim, Hyonjong Chong; Modern poetry from Korea series
• Authors: Sŭng-ho Ch'oe, Chi-ha Kim, Hyŏn-jong Chŏng
• Editor: Wŏn-jung Kim
• Translated by: Hyŏn-jong Chŏng
• Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books, 2006
• ISBN: 1931907404, 9781931907408
• Length: 108 pages
• Subjects: Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors); Poetry / Asian / General; Poetry / General