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Sky, Wind, and Stars Quotes
Sky, Wind, and Stars
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“and the reason I am living is
only because I am looking for what I have lost.
-The Road”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
only because I am looking for what I have lost.
-The Road”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“Like a pheasant fleeing a falcon,
the darkness has escaped through my window,
and I savor the magnificent fragrance of the sacrifice,
which fills my room.
-A Single Candle”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
the darkness has escaped through my window,
and I savor the magnificent fragrance of the sacrifice,
which fills my room.
-A Single Candle”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“To be without a speck of shame until death
as I look up to the heaven above,
I even anguished at the wind
ringing through the leaves.
I will love all creatures destined to die
the same way my heart marvels at the stars.
And I should gladly walk down the road given to me.
It is a night the stars are touched by the wind.”
― The Heavens, The Wind, The Stars And Poetry: The Works Of Yun Dong-ju, Korean Patriot And Poet
as I look up to the heaven above,
I even anguished at the wind
ringing through the leaves.
I will love all creatures destined to die
the same way my heart marvels at the stars.
And I should gladly walk down the road given to me.
It is a night the stars are touched by the wind.”
― The Heavens, The Wind, The Stars And Poetry: The Works Of Yun Dong-ju, Korean Patriot And Poet
“The Sky is full to the brim with autumn
as the season makes its way to across it.
It is as if I had no worries at all.
so I could count all the stars nestled in autumn.
Yet i cannot quite finish counting all those stars
that are settling in my heart one by one,
because mornings have a way of coming swiftly,
because tomorrow's night is still to come,
and because the fire of my heart hasn't burn out yet.
I see memories in one star
and love in another
and loneliness
my longings
and poetry in each
and Mother in another, Mother.
Mother, I am trying to call out a beautiful word for each star.
Names of the kids I shared desk with in a grade school, such foreign
girls names as Pae, Kyeong, Ok, and the girls who have become
mothers already, my poor neighbors, the doves, puppies, rabbits,
mules, roe deer, Francies Jammes and Rheiner
Maria Rilke - I call
such names of poets.
They are all so far away from me.
Just as the stars are ever distant.
And mother,
you are in North Gando which is so far away.
Longing for something I couldn't name,
I wrote my own name on this hill
which is bright with all the starlight landing,
but then I covered it up again with dirt.
True, some insects chirp through the night
because they lament their shameful names.
Yet when spring comes around to my star after winter,
even on this hill where my name is buried,
shrubs will grow thick as if boasting
like the green grass that sprouts on a grave.”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
as the season makes its way to across it.
It is as if I had no worries at all.
so I could count all the stars nestled in autumn.
Yet i cannot quite finish counting all those stars
that are settling in my heart one by one,
because mornings have a way of coming swiftly,
because tomorrow's night is still to come,
and because the fire of my heart hasn't burn out yet.
I see memories in one star
and love in another
and loneliness
my longings
and poetry in each
and Mother in another, Mother.
Mother, I am trying to call out a beautiful word for each star.
Names of the kids I shared desk with in a grade school, such foreign
girls names as Pae, Kyeong, Ok, and the girls who have become
mothers already, my poor neighbors, the doves, puppies, rabbits,
mules, roe deer, Francies Jammes and Rheiner
Maria Rilke - I call
such names of poets.
They are all so far away from me.
Just as the stars are ever distant.
And mother,
you are in North Gando which is so far away.
Longing for something I couldn't name,
I wrote my own name on this hill
which is bright with all the starlight landing,
but then I covered it up again with dirt.
True, some insects chirp through the night
because they lament their shameful names.
Yet when spring comes around to my star after winter,
even on this hill where my name is buried,
shrubs will grow thick as if boasting
like the green grass that sprouts on a grave.”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“Let’s be happy and hold hands again some other morning”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“The snow has fallen
down, dazzling, so white
my eyes blink—
blink-blink-blink!
-The Snow”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
down, dazzling, so white
my eyes blink—
blink-blink-blink!
-The Snow”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“Looking back, I see that I have lost my childhood friends: one and two at a time—all of them.
[...]
Life is meant to be difficult: it is too bad that a poem comes so easily to me.
[...]
Extending a small hand to myself, I offer myself the very first handshake, tears, and condolences.”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
[...]
Life is meant to be difficult: it is too bad that a poem comes so easily to me.
[...]
Extending a small hand to myself, I offer myself the very first handshake, tears, and condolences.”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“—Ah! Youth! Stay there a long time!”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“All of them are so far away,
like the stars that are infinitely distant.
-One Night I Count the Stars”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
like the stars that are infinitely distant.
-One Night I Count the Stars”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“And if I go
out to look for your footprints among the flowers, snow will fall in my heart
for the entire twelve months of the year.
-Snowy Map”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
out to look for your footprints among the flowers, snow will fall in my heart
for the entire twelve months of the year.
-Snowy Map”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“The clear river is still flowing, and still I see the sorrowful face in
love—the beautiful face of Sooni!
-A Youth”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
love—the beautiful face of Sooni!
-A Youth”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“The last breath of a father lonely during his lifetime:
Sorrow clouds his closing eyes.
-His Last Words”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
Sorrow clouds his closing eyes.
-His Last Words”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“My thoughts this afternoon?
Oh, how sleepy I am!
-Afternoon in a Mountain Valley”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
Oh, how sleepy I am!
-Afternoon in a Mountain Valley”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“...
jumping off the fence when all I can see is the sky,
and keeping our place in history.
-Thermometer”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
jumping off the fence when all I can see is the sky,
and keeping our place in history.
-Thermometer”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“The sea is blue
and so is the sky.
The sea is endless
and so is the sky.
I throw a rock into the sea
and spit at the sky.
The sea grins;
the sky is mum.
-The Two of Them”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
and so is the sky.
The sea is endless
and so is the sky.
I throw a rock into the sea
and spit at the sky.
The sea grins;
the sky is mum.
-The Two of Them”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“People by the sea
eat the fish they catch.
People in the valleys of the mountains
eat the potatoes they roast.
People on the stars—
what do they live on?
-What Do They Live On?”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
eat the fish they catch.
People in the valleys of the mountains
eat the potatoes they roast.
People on the stars—
what do they live on?
-What Do They Live On?”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“My heart, reduced to ashes,
trembles at the quivering of
the papered door.
-Heart, 2”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
trembles at the quivering of
the papered door.
-Heart, 2”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“The roof-tile couple on the palace roof
must be longing for lovely, bygone days.
Caressing each other’s wrinkled faces,
they stare up at the sky without a word.
-The Roof-Tile Couple”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
must be longing for lovely, bygone days.
Caressing each other’s wrinkled faces,
they stare up at the sky without a word.
-The Roof-Tile Couple”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“Is it a map of the Land of the Stars where Mommy is,
which he visited in his dreams?
Is it a map of Manchuria where Daddy went,
which he did to make money?
-The Bed-Wetter’s Map”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
which he visited in his dreams?
Is it a map of Manchuria where Daddy went,
which he did to make money?
-The Bed-Wetter’s Map”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“It yearns, as I do, for
the sound of water, for the sound of the sea.
-A Clamshell”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
the sound of water, for the sound of the sea.
-A Clamshell”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“[...] longing for his mother’s embrace,
intently roams the southern sky
on a single wing of nostalgia.
-The Southern Sky”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
intently roams the southern sky
on a single wing of nostalgia.
-The Southern Sky”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
“Beneath a sky reminiscent of a tent,
dancing clouds led
noisy showers
and thunder,
and escaped to the south.
[...]
A swelling young heart burns with ideals,
and on a day of autumn, a day of longing,
it scoffs at tears, at the falling leaves.
-Blue Sky”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
dancing clouds led
noisy showers
and thunder,
and escaped to the south.
[...]
A swelling young heart burns with ideals,
and on a day of autumn, a day of longing,
it scoffs at tears, at the falling leaves.
-Blue Sky”
― Sky, Wind, and Stars
