I'm studying Russian again these days. I stopped after learning for a long time, but I started practicing letters and conversations again.
Russian is funny in pronunciation and beautiful in the shape of the letters, which I see.
Лунная ночь - Владимир Маяковский
Будет луна.
Есть уже
немножко.
А вот и полная повисла в воздухе.
Это бог, должно быть,
дивной
серебряной ложкой
роется в звезд ухе.
1916
I also transcribed an English translation of this poem. The poem is written in a very simple and concise style, and it is not difficult to understand the content.
Moonlit night - Vladimir Mayakovsky
Moonlit Night
The moon is emerging.
It going to be here
soon.
Now, it hangs in the air, full and stark.
That is probably God,
with a divine
silver spoon,
groping in the fish-soup of stars.
1916
I'm still not good enough to write very long sentences in Russian, but I'll keep learning the language and try to write a little longer. That's why I still like short texts more.
The poem I transcribed today is a poem titled [Flower being carried in a funeral car] by poet Jeong Ho-seung.
These days, Korea is experiencing a very deep winter. The economic situation is not good in politics, but there are many people who are facing the end of their lives due to the flu. Perhaps that's why there are so many people in funeral homes and crematoriums that they have to wait for their turn. It's really sad.
I went to the funeral because my relative passed away in the early fall of this year. I paid my respects and went to the crematorium together to attend the procession. I had a lot of thoughts. I'm also not old, so I thought I might be the main character of that funeral soon.
What direction is my life going? Will the same thing happen if I imagine myself a year or a week from now? Or will it flow in a completely different direction? It's a night where my thoughts grow.
장의차에 실려가는 꽃 / 정호승
모가지가 잘려도 꽃은 꽃이다
싹둑싹둑 모가지가 잘린 꽃들끼리 모여
봄이 오는 고속도로를 끌어안고 운다
인간을 위하여 목숨을 버리는 일만큼
더한 아름다움은 없다고
장의차 한쪽 구석에 앉아 울며 가는 꽃들
서로 쓰다듬고 껴안고 뺨 부비다가
차창에 머리를 기댄 채 마냥 졸고 있는
상주들을 대신해서 울음을 터뜨린다
아름다운 곡비(哭婢)다
This time, I'm going to deal with a poem about heaven. It's very short and concise, but it depicts heaven as a beautiful place. Also, he doesn't think living in heaven will be fun or happy.
I went to heaven By Emily Dickinson
I went to heaven, 'T was a small town, Lit with a ruby, Lathed with down. Stiller than the fields At the full dew, Beautiful as pictures No man drew. People like the moth, Of mechlin, frames, Duties of gossamer, And eider names. Almost contented I could be 'Mong such unique Society.
For many religions, heaven is the most ideal area, it is also called paradise, and it is the most perfect place to be religiously imagined. On a snowy day like today, I think it may look like a beautiful place where white snow has fallen and turned white.
I went to heaven
I post videos and photos of this poem transcribed.
The original manuscript
Originally, I thought the original photo was more fantastically compatible with heaven, but now that I posted it here, it looks a little weird. 😂😒
I went to heaven By Emily Dickinson / Color
I went to heaven By Emily Dickinson / B&W
I received one email today that said I won two Honourable Mentions at Tokyo International Foto Awards. I applied for two works for this year's 2024 contest and I'm so happy to receive both awards. I'm a little upset because I received only one email even though I received two awards. 🤣😂
The title of the first piece is Come Out of The Shade Into The Sun
The content of the writing at the bottom is like this.
This year, I welcomed a new morning in my life. I post it here because the flower in the picture looks like it has bloomed in the morning when it opens a new dawn.
I have been photographing as a hobby and I am active in Guri,Korea. For my own expression method, I take various flower photos and use a scanner to work on photography. So a small flower in the soil became a pleasant secret in my heart.
In my dream, I saw walking on the field path of autumn. It wasn't that sunny, but I think only good things will happen if I walk along the path where the cosmos is blooming.
I have been photographing as a hobby and I am active in Guri,Korea. For my own expression method, I take various flower photos and use a scanner to work on photography. So a small flower in the soil became a pleasant secret in my heart.
Anyway, today is a very good day. The economy is bad these days and the situation in our country is unstable, but I hope many good things will happen this year. 🙏
This poem that I've just posted here is a poem that I wrote in early December.
The President illegally declared a martial law on Dec. 3, but conscientious South Korean soldiers protested the president's order and many citizens blocked it, ultimately failing the martial law.
As I watched this process, I thought that the emergency martial law failed as a result of our nation's soldiers protesting against orders from illegal and unreasonable superiors and failing to follow directions properly.
On that cold winter night, I wrote down this poem, imagining that these soldiers would have hesitated and balked very much at the orders of their irrational superiors.
My disobedience_20241203
My disobedience_20241203
heart-wrenching cold wind
leaning his helmet against the rattling window
with a deep sigh
Tightened my boots with all my strength
Couldn't take a step further
Knew I was suffocating
Have the strength to stand in my place and endure it
Thought it would break like a wilted flower
That heavy step
It's been a slow, slow walk
_ You are not guilty
My disobedience_20241203
I linked a Cosmos photo here. I picked a photo that was a tiny, slender flower but looked like it was rebelling.
2024 was a year full of many changes and great twists and turns for me, and I think the Republic of Korea also had a very difficult time. Our country could have sunk with just one mistake. The people of the Republic of Korea and the National Assembly ran to Yeouido to prevent this, and the soldiers of the country defended the democracy that their seniors had built up under the name of mutiny.
In that sense, I wrote down this humble article.
Right now, here in the Republic of Korea is very politically unstable, but with the democratic power of the people of the Republic of Korea, we just impeached the president.
last Tuesday, South Korea's president declared a state of emergency, but the people ran to the National Assembly to block the entry of police and soldiers, and lawmakers lifted the state of emergency after democratic procedures.
The picture I posted today is a picture that shows the hope of democracy.
The hope of democracy
The hope of democracy
The method of voting in the National Assembly was done in a democratic and calm manner. Numerous people are gathered in front of the National Assembly to support and watch the vote on the impeachment of the president of Korea.
Today will go down as a historic moment and will be remembered as a proud day of South Korea leading liberal democracy..
In fact, I wrote this article in advance last Saturday and was waiting for it, but I couldn't post it because the impeachment bill of the Korean president failed to pass the National Assembly. I am so grateful and grateful to the Korean people that I was able to post this article today.
On the day the president of Korea here declared emergency martial law, I received an email saying that I received an award at this photo exhibition.
On this day, I didn't even know I had an email because I kept watching the news about this disturbing situation.
Here in Korea, we are still in a state of political instability. Still, I am very grateful that the people of our country fortunately prevented emergency martial law. 🙏
In 2022 and 2023, I received the HM in this photo exhibit. Still, I'm so happy to receive the statue this year.
Follow the link above to see the following page. Follow the link above to see the following page. 😉
'This is a picture that I took on June 11, 2023, at Jangja Lake Park in Guri. It was amazing because it bloomed early in the cosmos. It was a mysterious experience like a fairy tale.'
Also, I made a video of how to get to this page. It's a very short and simple video. 😊
The subject of my own poem to post today is a water lily taken in a pond in a park in late September. I believe you'll see why I wrote this poem when you look at this picture.
Waiting for winter..
The water lily is a flower that normally blooms for a long time. However, when the weather gets cold, it usually sinks below the water and waits for next year to get into hibernation.
This year, the summer has been unusually long, so the water lilies remained open until the end of September due to the continuous hot weather.
I imagined that this water lily would have clear memories of last year's winter. So I imagined that this water lily would prepare for the upcoming winter by coming up with memories one by one in the cold wind, snow, and ice.
Waiting for winter..
So cold and lifelike
Remember the snow storm
The green warmth fell to the ground
Remember the calm waves of the cooled lake
When the frost falls here
Her laughter slowly disappears
A shabby empty pocket with nothing to give
I'm fiddling
Have to say goodbye to half of my life
To the sun in the late morning
With long words in regret
Hold my arms around my heart
Preparing for a very long, long sleep
[Self-written poem] Waiting for winter..
First, I write and edit poems in Korean and then transfer them to English. If you think the meaning of the poem is not well conveyed because I am not good at translating into English, please contact me immediately.
겨울을
기다리며..
차디차고
살기 넘치도록 아름다운
눈의 폭풍을
기억하네
푸르른
온기가 대지에 잠들고
식어버린
호수의 잔잔한 물결을 기억하네
서슬퍼런
서리 여기에 내리면
서서히
웃음기 사라지고
내어줄
것도 없는 초라한 빈 주머니만
만지작
만지작 거리고 있네
삶의 반을
이별해야 하는
늦은 아침의
햇살에게
아쉬움에
긴 말들을 늘어놓고
두팔을
끌어안아 가슴에 모으고
아주 길고
긴 잠을 준비하네
[Self-written poem] Waiting for winter..
Experiment24 B&W
Experiment24 Color
This time, I wrote down a poem after seeing a picture of a cosmos swaying in the wind.
The morning of this day I could see the sun slowly shining, and the wind was not very strong, not very small, but moderate. At the same time, I discovered a fantastic and clear cosmos and captured it on a camera with the wind. I took pictures and edited them, and the flowers in this picture looked very peaceful and uncomfortable. I wrote this feeling in a poem.
In the wind that tickled my earlobes..
In the wind that tickled my earlobes..
A night of sobbing, sobbing, falling asleep exhausted
The traces of tears shed in the deep darkness
The green wind washed it away
And then the wind whirls around me like it's about to touch me
I have been photographing as a hobby and I am active in Guri,Korea. For my own expression method, I take various flower photos and use a scanner to work on photography. So a small flower in the soil became a pleasant secret in my heart.
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