Poem - Halt Station, Poet - Lee, Hee Kuk (South Korea)

 

Halt Station 

Lee, Hee Kuk

Several layers of silence lie like railroad sleeper tie

This place

Time which does not look back

There is only a disappearing direction to look at for a long time

When the railroad track bent into a corner,

The corner of the sky is torn apart,

The space is wet 

Season of deafness,

Time is deaf

The expression of spring that has come back from a long way,

yellow on the railroad

At what point did the folded heart transfer?

Those who left never returned 

Azaleas from the back mountain wave red hands

Another person passes by at the halt station of memories

There is a wrinkled time that do not straighten out

About the Poet:

Lee, Hee Kuk is a Korean poet. Born in Seoul city of South Korea. He is Pharmacist and Adjunct Professor of College of Pharmacy, The Catholic University of Korea. He is a member of Executive of PEN Korean Center of PEN International. He is a Vice president of Korean Association of World Literature and president of Ieodo Literature Association. He published 5 poetry books. He won 4 Literature awards.