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Subject: KOREAN WAR, 1950-1953
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` AFTER A YEAR IN KOREA, by WALTER ROBERT MCDONALD    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Old uncle oscar hated cold, hauled
Last Line: The bomb, good summers short, %the winters hard, more bitter every year
Alternate Author Name(s): Mcdonald, Walt
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953; Prairies - Texas


AMERICANS PLAYING SLOW-PITCH SOFTBALL AT AN AIRBASE ..., by HALVARD JOHNSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Early september %the first game of
Last Line: Don't look back. Something may be %gaining on you.'
Subject(s): Army Life; Baseball; Korean War, 1950-1953; Sports


ANAGRAM BORN OF MADNESS AT CZERNOWITZ, 12 NOVEMBER 1920, by NORMAN DUBIE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: They were the strong nudes of a forgotten
Last Line: "hold on to me and we'll sing."
Subject(s): Celan, Paul (1920-1970); Czernowitz (chernvits), Romania; Korean War, 1950-1953; Nuclear War; Atomic Bomb; Hydrogen Bomb


ANIMAL FARM, OR SONG OF THE COLONIAL GOVERNOR-GENERAL, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Admit it. You hate the body
Last Line: It shamed you to cover with dung
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


AT TABUWON, by CHO JI-HOON    Poem Source                    
First Line: Finally I've come out safe from a month-long siege
Last Line: The living and the dead alike %possess no restful place; only the wind blows
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


AUBADE ENDING WITH LINES FROM THE JAPANESE, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sound of wind hissing through muslin curtains
Last Line: We're alive and can see each other, you and I
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


AZALEAS FLOODING THE LANDSCAPE, by SHIN TONG'YOP    Poem Source                    
First Line: A few flowering azaleas dotting the roadside
Last Line: You lay bleeding in quiet, %your cigarette case thrown down on the grass
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


BETWEEN THE WARS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You cannot hear her
Last Line: Unspeakable, its icy space [or, spaces] opening
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


BLACK GOD, by PARK IN-HWAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: Who is sobbing in the graveyard?
Last Line: Of the wat %shall be your theme
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


BORDERLANDS; FOR MY GRANDMOTHER, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Crush my eyes, bitter grapes
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Death; Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953; Soldiers; Dead, The


COUPLE NEXT DOOR, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tend their yard every weekend, %when they re-paint or straighten
Last Line: On the grass. I should look away but don't
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


DRUNK METAPHYSICS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I've never been one soul
Last Line: Sixty trillion cells-all drunk!
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


FLIGHT, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We ran from a home %we never saw again
Last Line: The soon is mute
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


FRAGMENTS OF THE FORGOTTEN WAR, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You whom I could not protect
Last Line: I think of a carcass foaming with maggots, the bone black with hatching flies
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


FUGUE FOR EYE AND VANISHING POINT, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Give me the clarity, the sharpness
Last Line: Infinite engine trapped in skin
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


GENERATION, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Once I was nothing: once we were one
Last Line: Each question answered by the echo of my voice alone: I, I, I
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


GUERRILLA CAMP; KOREA, 1952, by KEITH WILSON    Poem Source                    
First Line: We arrived at sok to
Last Line: Could farm %with a hand like that
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


HANJI: NOTES FOR A PAPERMAKER, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shaped like a slab of granite
Last Line: My work, keep your mouth shut'
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


HARD ROCK RETURNS TO PRISON FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINAL INSANE, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hard rock / was / 'known not to take no shit
Subject(s): African Americans; Insanity; Korean War, 1950-1953; Prisons & Prisoners; Surgery; Negroes; American Blacks; Madness; Mental Illness; Convicts


HARD ROCK RETURNS TO PRISON FROM THE HOSPITAL FOR THE CRIMINAL INSANE, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Hard rock / was / 'known not to take no shit
Last Line: Had cut deep bloody grooves %across our backs
Subject(s): African Americans; Insanity; Korean War, 1950-1953; Prisons And Prisoners; Surgery


HWAJON (FIRE-FIELD), by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is no need to keep
Last Line: Hurls me, astonished and stinging, into the acid light
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


IDEA OF ANCESTRY, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT    Poem Source     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures: 47 black
Last Line: They are all of me, I am me, they are thee, and I have no children to float in the space between
Subject(s): African Americans; Ancestors And Ancestry; Fathers; Korean War, 1950-1953; Men; Prayer; Prisons And Prisoners


KOREAN COMMUNITY GARDEN IN QUEENS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the vacant lot nobody else wanted to rebuild
Last Line: Who stop at nothing, see life and paradise as one [or, life the one paradise they wanted]
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953; Queens, New York City


LAKOTA WARRIOR, by ARTHUR J. HARVEY    Poem Source                    
First Line: My lakota father
Last Line: Only saluted, %at moment of death
Subject(s): Fathers; Korean War, 1950-1953


LEAVING CHINATOWN, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Peeling a mango to share between us, your mother
Last Line: Faces, even yours, she might have looked into with love
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Variant Title(s): On Pike Stree
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


LEVITATIONS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Today I saw my dead great-aunt levitating over the hudson in red
Last Line: Except for the humans-faced masks they kept trying to tear off
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


LOOKING AT A YI DYNASTY RICE BOWL, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Seeing this plain %white clay
Last Line: I am finally ready %to have as they are
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


MIDDLE KINGDOM, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Gruel, crumbs on a table
Last Line: So as not to frighten her
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


MONOLOGUE FOR AN ONION, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I do not mean to make you cry
Last Line: A heart that will one day beat you to death
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953; Onions


MONTAGE WITH NEON, BOK CHOI, GASOLINE, LOVERS & STRANGERS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: None of the streets here has a name
Last Line: May you never remember & may you never forget
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


NOCTURNE, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If these are not [or, because these are not] the nights of empty hands
Last Line: When we'll feel [or, remember] the indifference of the sea
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


OCCUPATION, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The soldiers are
Last Line: There is room %for everyone
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


ODE FOR THE AMERICAN DEAD IN ASIA, by THOMAS MCGRATH    Poem Text                 Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: God love you now, if no one else will ever
Variant Title(s): Ode For The American Dead In Korea
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953; Men; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; War


ON SPARROWS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You are the song that lies beyond the ear
Last Line: White-throated. Gold-crowned. Vesper. Song
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


PRELUDE FOR GRAINS OF SAND, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beyond the harbor with its tackle and roped masts
Last Line: You sang me beyond song
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


PRIMARY GRADES, by ARLENE MAASS    Poem Source                    
First Line: Born on the brink of the korean war
Last Line: Of the sacred heart of jesus
Subject(s): Children; Korean War, 1950-1953


RESISTANCE, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Snuff out the collaborators, sense by sense
Last Line: Summer wind sang through the corpse-forest
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


RICE, OR SONG OF ORIENTALAMENTATIONS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now. %I %see %you %completely
Last Line: Fail %me, %thing
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


ROAD TO SKYE, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Is paved with sheep shit, among other things
Last Line: Who want and want and want, drive to no end
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953; Roads


ROBEMAKER, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You begin. In your arms, unreeling bolts
Last Line: Here your hand has long since moved away
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


SAVING AMERICA, by JR. ORVAL A. LUND    Poem Source                    
First Line: I was twelve, we were at war %in korea. I did my part, climbing
Last Line: And in the birdsong dawn, flying away, my fear
Subject(s): Arms And Armor; Bombs; Korean War, 1950-1953; Soldiers; United States


SKINS, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pretend I can't see %the lady in pearls mistaking me
Last Line: So I did sit and eat'
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


SONG OF CH'U: TO THE SEA-WIND, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now I'm frightened. I see
Last Line: To you already. I want %to be one
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


THE CHASM, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the dream vultures circle above my mother's cousin
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953; Soldiers


THE IDEA OF ANCESTRY, by ETHERIDGE KNIGHT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Taped to the wall of my cell are 47 pictures: 47 black
Subject(s): African Americans; Ancestors & Ancestry; Fathers; Korean War, 1950-1953; Men; Prayer; Prisons & Prisoners; Negroes; American Blacks; Heritage; Heredity; Convicts


THE LAUREL TREE, by LOUIS SIMPSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the clear light that confuses everything
Subject(s): Trees; Korean War, 1950-1953


THE MOUNTAIN OF SKELETONS, by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A mountain strikes into a clouded sky
Last Line: In what forgotten war.
Alternate Author Name(s): Root, E. Merrill
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953; Mountains; Skeletons; Soldiers; World War I; Hills; Downs (great Britain); First World War


TRANSIT CAR, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thunder of wheels on tracks. Hidden pistons punch
Last Line: Only clarity remains and it is not enough
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


TRANSLATIONS FROM THE MOTHER TONGUE: 1. KHIMJAHNG, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It held you once. Chora of hands splashing water
Last Line: Steep them in the element that destroys and saves
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


TRANSLATIONS FROM THE MOTHER TONGUE: 2. P'ANSORI, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: You are singing of bamboo flutes and barrel drums
Last Line: The part of you that first began to sing
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


TREE OF KNOWLEDGE, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Go back, you'll never see it again
Last Line: Lie to me. Say you forgive me for being born
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


TREE OF UNKNOWING, by SUJI KWOCK KIM    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Uncertainty, take me into the forest %leaf by leaf
Last Line: I wonder who you were: I wonder %because you were
Alternate Author Name(s): Kim, Sue Kwock
Subject(s): Korea; Korean War, 1950-1953


TRUCE LINE, by PARK PONG'U    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mountains face each other. Distrusting eyes glare
Last Line: Should we remain here helpless as flowers?
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


WAR POEMS 1, by KU SANG    Poem Source                    
First Line: Out of the patched-glass window of boarded shacks
Last Line: I become jolly as if drunk; %shadow overtakes me with a smile
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


WAR POEMS 2, by KU SANG    Poem Source                    
First Line: Perhaps anyone could have been flung into fits of
Last Line: Transformed into the black and white image of a father with his child in his arms
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


WAR POEMS 3, by KU SANG    Poem Source                    
First Line: Across the tundra of my heart
Last Line: How nausea chokes me! %who is responsible for this?
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


WAR POEMS 7. THE GRAVEYARD FOR THE ENEMY, by KU SANG    Poem Source                    
First Line: O rows and rows of mounds for the dead!
Last Line: I wail over the graveyard %of love and hate
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


WHAT A FALLEN SOLDIER SAYS?, by MO YUNSUK    Poem Source                    
First Line: I chanced on a fallen soldier while wandering the hills and valleys
Last Line: I lean over him to lament his youthful death %and listen to what he has last to say
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953


WITHOUT TEARS, by PARK IN-HWAN    Poem Source                    
First Line: In the field bristling
Last Line: In the field bristling with weeds %no one comes
Subject(s): Korean War, 1950-1953