The Fisherman's Calendar by Yun Sondo - HTML preview

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DECONSTRUCTING THE CHARACTERS 
(Seven character, P’agyŏ k)




Kim Sakkat enjoys breaking characters down into their semantic components. However, unless you can visualize the characters, you cannot appreciate the poet's sense of fun. I have given the poem a postmodern title, which I think Kim Sakkat would have enjoyed.



An Immortal is a mountain man; the Buddha is no man at all. 

The goose is a river bird; how can a hen be a bird?

Ice loses a dot when it melts—it’s water again.

Two trees face to face make a wood.