Selections from "Quatrains"

Heart broken from leaving you and the road of departure!
Tenuous dream-path that if I sigh might flicker out.
And this night: Whose dark countryside could this be?
With my fingertip I scatter a welling tear like dew


When shadows gather in the flowering branches
Like the heart-strings of a maiden tying her sash
Summer haze rises through my heart's white day
Summer haze rises through my heart's white day


If I think back, it's humbling
“Like Sakyamuni or Jesus I will do great things!”
Time when sparks flew up in my chest
“Student” time steeped in blood and shame
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Kim Yongnang
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