Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty by Hwang Jini et al. - HTML preview

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Kuji

My Boat, Cut

 

My boat, cut from tallest pine,

was sent floating down the Tae-dong

until I held fast to him

by the deep-root willow.

And now, you, mindless thing, call me

back into dark rip tides.

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