Submissions by yonahjeong0- (Yonah Jeong)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
The Islands Are Not Lonely, Yonah Jeong, Austin Macauley Publishers, 28th April, 2023.
LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2023 10:58pm
23rd Mar 2023 10:58pm
The Inner room
Father:
passed the years
now,
properly not
can eat
can wear
can come and go to the bathroom
can walk road
can converse with someone
can drive,
the way want
couldn't even stand
even for a moment
with an unpleasant smell
families also stopped
staying in the room
guests were not allowed
to enter the room either
Last...
passed the years
now,
properly not
can eat
can wear
can come and go to the bathroom
can walk road
can converse with someone
can drive,
the way want
couldn't even stand
even for a moment
with an unpleasant smell
families also stopped
staying in the room
guests were not allowed
to enter the room either
Last...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2023 1:55pm
23rd Mar 2023 1:55pm
A fool's advice
Woke up
It is because
it doesn't fit in with the difference
in perspective
the deepest night
i've experienced in a long time
the sound of clock hands
rolling round and round. tick tock tick tock.......
words of a pencil walking slowly
with me the sound of crashing
the fluctuating song
of the swaying street lamp lights
a time when all beings
are revealed with sound
shallow dawn. Wash heavy eyelids
with light water and look in the mirror
adapting to differences,
first step to fall, Orthodox: being...
It is because
it doesn't fit in with the difference
in perspective
the deepest night
i've experienced in a long time
the sound of clock hands
rolling round and round. tick tock tick tock.......
words of a pencil walking slowly
with me the sound of crashing
the fluctuating song
of the swaying street lamp lights
a time when all beings
are revealed with sound
shallow dawn. Wash heavy eyelids
with light water and look in the mirror
adapting to differences,
first step to fall, Orthodox: being...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2023 1:52pm
23rd Mar 2023 1:52pm
Who will you be like?
Enjoy saying things that are not true
do not respect everyone,
reluctant to unite,
ignorant of history,
do not know reality,
afraid of relationships
unmixed pure cliff-like self-seeking
cannot aid but so serious
in vain, in vain, without result
self-centered with no character!
to the zenith of subjective
paying too considerable care
to money and status on the inside
differently from the outside
tormented by political unconcern or propaganda
bluffing with the hypocrisy
of a predictor
Darling,
only seek...
do not respect everyone,
reluctant to unite,
ignorant of history,
do not know reality,
afraid of relationships
unmixed pure cliff-like self-seeking
cannot aid but so serious
in vain, in vain, without result
self-centered with no character!
to the zenith of subjective
paying too considerable care
to money and status on the inside
differently from the outside
tormented by political unconcern or propaganda
bluffing with the hypocrisy
of a predictor
Darling,
only seek...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2023 5:52am
23rd Mar 2023 5:52am
The Eye of Typhoon
day after day
the world is noisy
earthquake,
war,
starvation,
pollution,
shooting,
fraud,
rape,
burglar,
violence,
Daniel, meet in a noisy world
after meeting one day
soon as i put my bag on the shoulder
Daniel, make a gesture, goodbye
like cleaning the world
beckoning
the moment, open the door
puts down toys
are holding in his hands
see off with a small dimple smile
1.5 years old grandson: Daniel
this daybreak
i already miss
--To whom did i laugh like this?--
people...
the world is noisy
earthquake,
war,
starvation,
pollution,
shooting,
fraud,
rape,
burglar,
violence,
Daniel, meet in a noisy world
after meeting one day
soon as i put my bag on the shoulder
Daniel, make a gesture, goodbye
like cleaning the world
beckoning
the moment, open the door
puts down toys
are holding in his hands
see off with a small dimple smile
1.5 years old grandson: Daniel
this daybreak
i already miss
--To whom did i laugh like this?--
people...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
23rd Mar 2023 5:49am
23rd Mar 2023 5:49am
Overcoat Knows
Into the station
a train is coming
noisy,
sharp ringing
in a beautiful voice
you come in
organize the shared
time and history and lives
you are coming to me
--If money hadn't slipped through us
love would not have faded
or tarnished
put one foot on the train stairs,
grabbed the handle with
one hand and bowed head
like words with tears
following a slow-moving train, i,
your one point remains
full stop.
frozen snows on the place
left and staying
overcoat that fell over it
knows.
a train is coming
noisy,
sharp ringing
in a beautiful voice
you come in
organize the shared
time and history and lives
you are coming to me
--If money hadn't slipped through us
love would not have faded
or tarnished
put one foot on the train stairs,
grabbed the handle with
one hand and bowed head
like words with tears
following a slow-moving train, i,
your one point remains
full stop.
frozen snows on the place
left and staying
overcoat that fell over it
knows.
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 9:32pm
22nd Mar 2023 9:32pm
Welcome autumn
A forest
like New Yorker colors
flowing through
the sea of clouds
i see
the disappearing road,
deer footprints,
rattan run,
wildflowers last dancing,
self-moving
early morning
sunshines,
october, wind
stroking the grass of meadow,
siren,
dog barking from afar
steamer.......babbling
shaking traffic lights,
most beautiful city,
Vorona stretches out.
like New Yorker colors
flowing through
the sea of clouds
i see
the disappearing road,
deer footprints,
rattan run,
wildflowers last dancing,
self-moving
early morning
sunshines,
october, wind
stroking the grass of meadow,
siren,
dog barking from afar
steamer.......babbling
shaking traffic lights,
most beautiful city,
Vorona stretches out.
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 9:29pm
22nd Mar 2023 9:29pm
the Litmus of Love
The litmus paper of love 1
"fight once, fight for real"
the more you fight, the farther away
you are not to love
the more you fight, the closer
you are to love
confess once
love shall start a fight
without a fight, there is no love
you in love
do not be afraid
fight cannot win love.
"fight once, fight for real"
the more you fight, the farther away
you are not to love
the more you fight, the closer
you are to love
confess once
love shall start a fight
without a fight, there is no love
you in love
do not be afraid
fight cannot win love.
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 1:09pm
22nd Mar 2023 1:09pm
Ex-love, henry ave.
Lo!
Downhill road
from Broad ave.
to the T-shape,
on the left, osier
other side, over 100 years old
people, poor people
broken red brick apartment
uphill road
from Grand avenue
to the T-shape
on the right, dogwood
new duplex houses
slip in between
paint peeling off traffic signs
roadside trees
outworn wooden fences
growing number of splendor cars
it has been over 10 years
since I moved
neighborhood, friend too
nothing happened :
forgotten like a mitten
in childhood
my Henry...
Downhill road
from Broad ave.
to the T-shape,
on the left, osier
other side, over 100 years old
people, poor people
broken red brick apartment
uphill road
from Grand avenue
to the T-shape
on the right, dogwood
new duplex houses
slip in between
paint peeling off traffic signs
roadside trees
outworn wooden fences
growing number of splendor cars
it has been over 10 years
since I moved
neighborhood, friend too
nothing happened :
forgotten like a mitten
in childhood
my Henry...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 1:07pm
22nd Mar 2023 1:07pm
New Jersey : Massachusetts
In the game
lost by two to four
we'd been winning
I put two goals
team did not win the game
I felt
my joy disappeared
the ability to fall
In the game
gained by four to two
we'd been defeating
my friend didn't put a goal
team did not defeat the game
I saw
her joy appeared
the ability to improve
if look at a mirror,
called the crowd
gaining or losing
is not equal to skill
-- Did you do your best? --
lost by two to four
we'd been winning
I put two goals
team did not win the game
I felt
my joy disappeared
the ability to fall
In the game
gained by four to two
we'd been defeating
my friend didn't put a goal
team did not defeat the game
I saw
her joy appeared
the ability to improve
if look at a mirror,
called the crowd
gaining or losing
is not equal to skill
-- Did you do your best? --
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 4:33am
22nd Mar 2023 4:33am
Pregnant
When I was very young,
town people were chattering
"whose daughter,
has a baby?"
"oh, who is daddy?"
laundry,
town hall,
bus stop outside village,
barbershop,
beauty salon,
alley super,
wherever two or three gather
let the rumors go,
families ran away
in the middle of the night
without knowing
"then yes...
mom and dad did it
like it -
can give
that habit to someone else?"
the town has regained its grace,
people also vitality
as the years go by ...
town people were chattering
"whose daughter,
has a baby?"
"oh, who is daddy?"
laundry,
town hall,
bus stop outside village,
barbershop,
beauty salon,
alley super,
wherever two or three gather
let the rumors go,
families ran away
in the middle of the night
without knowing
"then yes...
mom and dad did it
like it -
can give
that habit to someone else?"
the town has regained its grace,
people also vitality
as the years go by ...
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
22nd Mar 2023 4:30am
22nd Mar 2023 4:30am
Someone?
Love
tells me
"You are my half."
Meeting incomplete two halves
fighting and becoming one
while living
Meeting complete ones
to live
as two
getting along well
The fisher of love.
tells me
"You are my half."
Meeting incomplete two halves
fighting and becoming one
while living
Meeting complete ones
to live
as two
getting along well
The fisher of love.
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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LOVE POEM
Published
21st Mar 2023 3:23pm
21st Mar 2023 3:23pm
What is my treasure?
Over an hour
i scoured inside home
a shoe rack soaked in moisture and sweat,
stinky kitchen,
covert scent: garret,
under the bed,
living room bookshelf,
on the study desk,
the piles of leaves around the house and
the old fence curling unendurable nose of sewerage
i have not found
gave up with a deep sigh
lying on the wooden floor
looking at the square sky
outside the window
i heard
from the left breast pocket to the floor
glasses fell off
--Daniel snoring sound
just after first birthday--
i scoured inside home
a shoe rack soaked in moisture and sweat,
stinky kitchen,
covert scent: garret,
under the bed,
living room bookshelf,
on the study desk,
the piles of leaves around the house and
the old fence curling unendurable nose of sewerage
i have not found
gave up with a deep sigh
lying on the wooden floor
looking at the square sky
outside the window
i heard
from the left breast pocket to the floor
glasses fell off
--Daniel snoring sound
just after first birthday--
#love
#LifeStruggles
#philosophical
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