Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

The Solitude of the Dying, and: Thoughts on the Sound of Water, and: Thorny Lotus, and: Black Bile, and: In the Darkness

The Solitude of the Dying, and: Thoughts on the Sound of Water, and: Thorny Lotus, and: Black... Five Poems by Cho Yong-Mee Translated by Krys Lee Th e S ol i t u de of t h e D y i ng Over the reservoir, the ice soared. The water can't accept the mountain's shadow. Each time the wind wildly swept the hail over the reservoir, a white road appeared, disappeared. He walked across the water while calculating his wound's depth by the thickness of the ice. His hand fumbling near his heart halted there. He couldn't reach the water. From where he guessed was the middle of the reservoir, a wound that wouldn't close suddenly soared up. From outside of the water, he became a part of the reservoir. He became the water's surface. Inside the water was his face with its inscrutable expressions. He couldn't go into the water; and he couldn't walk on the water. At night, the reservoir emits cries. He is standing above it, and as his body cools, slowly he becomes the reservoir. The reservoir becomes a part of him. The reservoir that cries at night isn't far from home. Though ts on t h e S ou n d of Wat e r The sound of water is http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture University of Hawai'I Press

The Solitude of the Dying, and: Thoughts on the Sound of Water, and: Thorny Lotus, and: Black Bile, and: In the Darkness

Download PDF
6 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/university-of-hawai-i-press/the-solitude-of-the-dying-and-thoughts-on-the-sound-of-water-and-nNDjNl8M3i

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
University of Hawai'I Press
Copyright
Copyright © University of Hawai'I Press
ISSN
1944-6500
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Five Poems by Cho Yong-Mee Translated by Krys Lee Th e S ol i t u de of t h e D y i ng Over the reservoir, the ice soared. The water can't accept the mountain's shadow. Each time the wind wildly swept the hail over the reservoir, a white road appeared, disappeared. He walked across the water while calculating his wound's depth by the thickness of the ice. His hand fumbling near his heart halted there. He couldn't reach the water. From where he guessed was the middle of the reservoir, a wound that wouldn't close suddenly soared up. From outside of the water, he became a part of the reservoir. He became the water's surface. Inside the water was his face with its inscrutable expressions. He couldn't go into the water; and he couldn't walk on the water. At night, the reservoir emits cries. He is standing above it, and as his body cools, slowly he becomes the reservoir. The reservoir becomes a part of him. The reservoir that cries at night isn't far from home. Though ts on t h e S ou n d of Wat e r The sound of water is

Journal

Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture – University of Hawai'I Press

Published: Jun 5, 2015

There are no references for this article.