Spring

By Ban Chil Hwan

Translated by Rodney E. Tyson & Hong Eun-Taek

The Quarterly Review: Poetry & Criticism, 5(2). Summer 2002. (In press).


Look at the skill of that chef.
Who would think those are frozen ingredients?
Those green sprouts
Those flowers ablaze with color
Are also taken out of the fast-frozen refrigerator.
Isn't even the steam given off with a shimmer?


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