Past

The last farewell

In between the delphiniums
and the hollyhocks.
Beside the potting...

Tonight I am breaking promises again
The ones I made to my heart.
That I would not write...

New Acquaintance Old Friend;

What was known is nothing now,

For now we careless in knowing...

~~

To the one who took too many liberties
My body is not your property
I own you...

The gentle touch

Since you left me darling.
I have kissed the lips of others.
Even...

How can I love you?
I want to be with your Soul,

I try to look at you,
I try to see...

Unknown, unseen, your face ever;

we have met somewhere before;

may be along the sandy...

2017

My dear Princess Deokman!
It's now 2017,

It's been more than 1,370 years,...

I pray that​ good history will repeat

itself, to be blessed with strong,

powerful and...

As I stand today there are two paths,

One of which I have paved but ends nowhere,

And the...

If I had a forgiving heart
it would go out to the woman
who will take my place
when I...

Standing in our past,
On the banks of the great river Daesu,

Watching cherry blossoms,...

The ghost are everywhere.
I see them under trees.
In gardens and ice cream parlors.
...

How do you outrun a Past,
That you didn't commit.
Even though a price paid,
You...

(The photograph accompanying this poem is of Crown Street, St Ives in Cambridgeshire, taken in the 1880s...

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