Mirrored Minds: A Thousand Years of Korean Verse​ by 9788993360486 - HTML preview

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Farmhouses




Two or three houses where the blue mountain ends, and a winding track that circles the hill.

Frogs croak in a dried up hole - it’s going to rain. Magpies squawk in the high trees - it’s going to blow.

The willow-lined lane is buried gently in grass.

No one at home; fallen petals cover the brushwood gate.

At ease away from the dusty world - what joy!

Those who sedulously seek the dazzle seem foolish in comparison.