Poems for the Winter: Poetry Collections from Joseon Korea and Communist China

As winter fades into the green of spring with occasional final throes of cold weather, I've been reading Korean and Chinese poetry that focuses primarily on autumn and winter, which seems a fitting way to close the season. If this is your first foray into Korean or Mandarin poetry, I suggest starting with more accessible …

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Poems for the Autumn: A Collection of Korean Poetry by Ahn Do-Hyun

For me at least, every poetry journey starts in an unexpected way.  If you’re reading this after watching Extraordinary Attorney Woo on Netflix, then your journey to this spot had the same origin as mine a few months ago: the brief quote from the poem “Charcoal” by Ahn Do-Hyun that appears in Episode 12 of …

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