Yong Wan Bryan Choi한국어

Autumn Tiger of Mudeungsan

A collection of poems in six parts.

Part 1: Prelude to Wandering (序曲)

  1. New Day
  2. Student Independence Movement Memorial
  3. Homecoming (歸鄕)
  4. Dawn Light
  5. A Painting Where Time Stood Still
  6. Sound of wave
  7. Scorched Sungnyemun
  8. Doll
  9. The Spirit of Sungnyemun
  10. Tearful Mount Kumgang
  11. To a Woman
  12. A Doll's House
  13. Crimson Balloon
  14. Half a Century Mute
  15. Sea Mother (海母)
  16. A Lone Path by the Sea
  17. Valley of the Dolls
  18. Dawn of 2000

Part 2: Mother's Spring That Never Runs Dry

  1. Mother's Ear
  2. Mother
  3. Lips and Buttocks
  4. Where Mother Is
  5. Fire in the Hearth
  6. The Full Moon of Home
  7. Going to Find My Home
  8. Rain Is Mother's Tears
  9. The Smile of Light
  10. The Yard of My House
  11. Primitive Man
  12. Five Fingers
  13. Mother's Body
  14. Faith
  15. Live Like This, They Say
  16. The Fruit That Hides Its Flower
  17. Seaside Village
  18. Twilight

Part 3: Driving the Fire Wagon (火車)

  1. Little Pinecone
  2. One and Two
  3. The Mystery of Jade Ornaments
  4. Valley of Division
  5. Eternal Life (永生)
  6. News from Home
  7. Tears of Our Compatriots
  8. Pyramid Kinship
  9. The Stone Pyramid Stairs of the Maya
  10. On the Tightrope
  11. A Deer Beside the Wildflowers
  12. Flower Seed
  13. Teacup
  14. Sunflower
  15. Between Her and Me
  16. The Crowded Road
  17. Blood Clot
  18. Unpacking in an Empty Place

Part 4: A Dark and Burning Crossroads

  1. Blue Sky Within Me
  2. The Sound of the Second Hand
  3. Rapeseed Flowers of the Nakdong River
  4. Finding a Mate
  5. Car Accident (事故)
  6. Grand Canyon
  7. To You in the Tomb
  8. Empty Bowl on the Shelf
  9. Fragrance of the Gayageum
  10. Master of the Empty House
  11. A cloud lives in a mountain
  12. The Dance of Shiva
  13. What I Want to Say Today
  14. Camellia, My Elder Sister
  15. Clothes of the Heart
  16. You in the Mirror
  17. Good Seeds Gone
  18. Made in Korea

Part 5: The Long Journey (旅路) of a Life Seeking Light in the Five Elements (五行)

  1. This moment
  2. The Businessman
  3. A Poet and His Writing
  4. Tree
  5. Peacock (孔雀) in the Botanical Garden
  6. Yin-Yang and the Five Elements (陰陽五行)
  7. Takeoff (離陸)
  8. The Road Where the Flow Pauses and Goes On
  9. Wild Rose Face
  10. Repentance (悔悟)
  11. My Picture Hanging on the Wall
  12. A Startled Memory
  13. O Angry One
  14. Seeds of Hope
  15. The Day I Set Down a Worry
  16. A Bowl of Tears
  17. The Have-Not
  18. The Knife on the Cutting Board

Part 6: Where the Straight Line Meets the Curve

  1. Autumn Tiger of Mudeungsan
  2. A Cry in Search of Poetry
  3. From Here to There
  4. Foothills of Mudeungsan
  5. Standing at the Turning of the Road
  6. Standing atop Mudeungsan
  7. The Headless Stone Buddha
  8. Waves
  9. Where Memories Linger
  10. The Executioner's Axe
  11. One Penguin
  12. Straight Lines and Curves
  13. One Dot, One Line
  14. Human Beings
  15. The Sound of Breath
  16. The Prop
  17. The Weight of One Person
  18. Korean Air Bibimbap