Azaleas

A Book of Poems

By: Kim Sowol, David McCann (Translator)

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Hardcover | 3 April 2007 | Edition Number 1

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216 Pages

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Available for the first time in English, "Azaleas" is a captivating collection of poems by a master of the early Korean modernist style. Published in 1925, "Azaleas" is the only collection Kim Sowol (1902-1934) produced during his brief life, yet he remains one of Korea's most beloved and well-known poets. His work is a delightful and sophisticated blend of the images, tonalities, and rhythms of traditional Korean folk songs with surprisingly modern forms and themes. Sowol is also known for his unique and sometimes unsettling perspective, expressed through loneliness, longing, and a creative use of dream imagery-a reflection of Sowol's engagement with French Symbolist poetry.

"Azaleas" recounts the journey of a young Korean as he travels from the northern P'yongyang area near to the cosmopolitan capital of Seoul. Told through an array of voices, the poems describe the young man's actions as he leaves home, his experiences as a student and writer in Seoul, and his return north. Although considered a landmark of Korean literature, "Azaleas" speaks to readers from all cultures. An essay by Sow?o's mentor, the poet Kim Ok, concludes the collection and provides vital insight into Sowol's work and life. This elegant translation by David R. McCann, an expert on modern Korean poetry, maintains the immediacy and richness of Sowol's work and shares with English-language readers the quiet beauty of a poet who continues to cast a powerful spell on generations of Korean readers., reviewing a previous edition or volume

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"This book is essential reading for anyone interested in Korea and Poetry." -- Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing "McCann's translation gives more details... than have ever been available in English." --Korean Quarterly"

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Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Sowol's Poetry and Place in Korean Literature	p. 1
For My Love
Someday Long After	p. 15
Plucking Grass	p. 16
The Sea	p. 17
On the Mountain	p. 18
The Old Stories	p. 19
Love's Song	p. 20
Untitled	p. 21
Love's Words	p. 22
For My Love	p. 23
On a Dry Riverbank	p. 24
Spring Night
Spring Night	p. 27
Night	p. 28
Long Ago in a Dream	p. 29
One Who Came in a Dream	p. 30
Two People
Snowy Evening	p. 33
Purple Cloud	p. 34
Two People	p. 35
Cock's Crow	p. 36
Unforgettable	p. 37
I Did Not Really Know Before	p. 38
Sleeping or Waking, Sitting or Standing	p. 39
Though the Sun Is Sinking at the Mountain Crest	p. 40
No One Lone Mountain
Dream	p. 43
Day of Worries	p. 44
Sky's Edge	p. 45
Ant	p. 46
Swallow	p. 47
Owl	p. 48
The Great Wall	p. 49
Buds	p. 50
One Time, One Time
Cigarettes	p. 53
Untitled	p. 54
Mom and Dad	p. 55
Parents	p. 56
Remarried	p. 57
Lost Heart	p. 58
Spring Rain	p. 59
Silken Mists	p. 60
Memory	p. 61
Impatient Love	p. 62
Terrible Dream	p. 63
Dream Visit	p. 64
Woman's Scent	p. 65
Powdered Face	p. 66
Wife's Body	p. 67
Seoul Night	p. 68
Half-Moon
Autumn Morning	p. 71
Autumn Evening	p. 72
Half-Moon	p. 73
The Cricket
This Thought of Meeting	p. 77
Familiar Faces	p. 78
Deeply Held Belief	p. 79
Dream	p. 80
Sweethearts and Friends	p. 81
Paper Kite	p. 82
Falling Snow	p. 83
Lump of Grief	p. 84
Optimism	p. 85
Wind and Spring	p. 86
Snow	p. 87
Pledge Deep as Deep	p. 88
Red Tide	p. 89
Some Other Country's Land	p. 90
Thousand, Ten Thousand Ri	p. 91
Life and Death	p. 92
Fisherman	p. 93
Cricket	p. 94
Moon Color	p. 95
If the Seacoast Changed to a Mulberry Grove
If It Wasn't for Bad Luck...	p. 99
If the Seacoast Changed to a Mulberry Grove	p. 100
Wax Candle Lamp	p. 101
Should We Just Say Whatever Words Are in Our Minds	p. 102
A Later Day	p. 103
Man and Wife	p. 104
My House	p. 105
Dawn	p. 106
Cloud	p. 107
Summer's Moon	p. 111
Summer's Moon	p. 111
Approach of Spring	p. 114
Water Plants	p. 116
Forsaken
Our House	p. 121
Picnic	p. 122
Forsaken	p. 123
Solemnity	p. 124
Only Think, If We Had Our Land, Our Own to Plow	p. 125
By the Furrow	p. 126
Evening	p. 127
Hands Together	p. 128
Meditation	p. 129
Alone
Delight	p. 133
Grave	p. 134
Prayerful Spirit	p. 135
Cold Evening	p. 136
Invocation	p. 137
Loneliness of the Journey
	p. 141
	p. 142
Azaleas
Song of the Stream	p. 145
Road	p. 146
Stream	p. 147
Road Away	p. 148
Wangsimni	p. 149
Mandarin Duck Pillow	p. 150
Detachment	p. 151
Mountain	p. 152
Azaleas	p. 153
Sakchu Kusong	p. 154
Seesaw	p. 155
Ch'unhyang and Yi Toryong	p. 156
Cuckoo	p. 157
Thought of Home	p. 158
Flowers of the Mountain	p. 159
Lighting the Flower Lamp at Night
Lighting the Flower Lamp at Night	p. 163
Riches and Honor, Wealth and Fame	p. 164
Repentance	p. 165
Insincerity	p. 166
Dream Path	p. 167
Human Beings Live to Die	p. 168
Right to Seek to Die	p. 169
Hope	p. 170
Panoramic	p. 171
I Have Lived Not Knowing Life at All	p. 172
Golden Meadow
Golden Meadow	p. 175
River Village	p. 176
First Skirt	p. 177
New Moon Celebration	p. 178
O Mother, O Sister	p. 179
Rooster Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
Rooster Cock-a-Doodle-Doo	p. 183
Afterword: Remembrance of Sowol Kim Ok	p. 185
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