Miscellaneous records on Korean poetry, culture, and more.

호수 정지용 作 얼굴 하나야  손바닥 둘로  폭 가리지만, 보고 싶은 마음  호수만 하니  눈 감을 수 밖에 Lake                       By Jeong Ji-yong A single face  is  easily hidden  behind two palms of hands, but the longing in my heart  is vast as a lake so I have no choice but to close my eyes. <About the Author> Jeong Ji-yong (June 20, 1902 – 1950) is a representative lyric poet of South Korea. [1] Due to uncertainty regarding the circumstances of his disappearance to North Korea and his cause of death, his name was once censored as "Jeong X-yong" and his beautiful poetry was treated as taboo; however, the ban was lifted in 1988, and his poem "Nostalgia" (Hyangsu) was subsequently included in Korean language textbooks. An alumnus of Doshisha University—like Yun Dong-ju, another of Korea's foremost lyric poets—he is renowned for beautifully expressing the sentiments of longing felt by the youth during the late colonial period.