Essay Poetry

From Thus Spoke n’t

By Kim Hyesoon, translated from Korean by Jack Jung July 5, 2023

Selections from Kim Hyesoon’s experimental lyric essay project

Poetry

Portrait of Fear

By Kim Hyesoon, translated by Don Mee Choi July 6, 2023

Flower blossoming in her hair is scorching hot — Sister is

Why Can’t We

By Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi December 1, 2007

We make Buddha ride an elephant like the way a village boy rides on a man’s shoulder, and we let Buddha run and play, then make him cry, and we make him couple blissfully with a buttery woman and call it Tantra...