Words from the Daffodils

CONTENTS

Though I am tired and weary, Part 1
Right Now ၊ 10
Words from the Sky ၊ 12
Pattern ၊ 14
a precondition ၊ 16
a thought on a journey 1 ၊ 18
Little Loves ၊ 20
Where You Were ၊ 22
On a Certain Mountain, Standing ၊ 24
A Gift ၊ 26
a dream ၊ 28
The Meal of My Mother ၊ 30
A Crack ၊ 32
A Certain Home ၊ 34
What the Sky Says ၊ 36
I Never Knew ၊ 38

I carry on— Part 2
The Taste of Living ၊ 42
A Whisper ၊ 44
From Atop Daewangneung ၊ 46
You Are ၊ 48
Father Island ၊ 50
The Crimson Seat ၊ 52
Green Syllables ၊ 54
Beneath a Camellia Tree, Standing ၊ 56
Naked ၊ 58
Standing, in Front of a Cliff ၊ 60
Jukbi ၊ 62
A Mural ၊ 64
The Road of Departure ၊ 66
Flying is Not Extraordinary ၊ 68
The Origin of Green ၊ 70

For this is the only life Part 3
Real Revenge ၊ 74
At Hwaeomsa ၊ 76
November ၊ 78
The Bare Skin of My Life ၊ 80
This Very Day ၊ 82
The Mass of Winter ၊ 84
What the Moon Says ၊ 86
Acute Angle, Its Meaning ၊ 88
Sharpening Myself ၊ 90
On the Way to Daereungwon ၊ 92
A White ၊ 94
Companionship Is ၊ 96
Your Steps ၊ 98
The Afterword to Rain ၊ 100
The Aesthetics of the Obvious ၊ 102

I’ll ever live. Part 4
The Golden Rule ၊ 106
Sadness Is ၊ 108
within the facade ၊ 110
a thought on a journey 2 ၊ 112
What I Learned in Jisimdo ၊ 114
To You ၊ 116
Descending Is ၊ 118
In Living ၊ 120
Life ၊ 122
Living Even in Death ၊ 124
My Inner Self ၊ 126
A Certain Promise ၊ 128
Lunar New Year's Eve ၊ 130
Rebellious Spirit ၊ 132
Our Days ၊ 134