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A poetry Reading by Poet Oh Eun “That”
by Oh Eun Translated by Seth Chandler June 5, 2025
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That
There is something
Its name escapes me
There is something
With a name
Here I am
Not knowing its name
I become engrossed
It is engrossed right alongside me
There is someone solving a riddle
A riddle no one posed
A few days later
The name comes to me
There I am, feeling the emptiness
Something went unnamed then
But on the street, in the bus, outside the revolving door
After much thought
With its name
There it is
✔ More poetry by Oh Eun can be found at the link below
https://kln.or.kr/bookmark/poetryView.do?bbsIdx=2174
Translated by Seth Chandler
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