Han Min Ohn Poems

A single fact
Myriad pairs of eyes view
Countless perspectives arise.
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When I was a little child, one clear starry night
With my back on the lawn, I was enjoying the sight
Suddenly I saw a shooting star falling with haste
Brimming with imagination, a wish, I immediately placed.
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A harpist playing his instrument
near a cow
That didn't understand the music a bit.
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Because of five colors our eyes are blind
Not clearing seeing what is actually behind
Because of five notes our ears are deaf
Not actually understanding what is being said
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Once there was a fish living in a stream
Where water was clear and the surface gleam
Food was abundant and large predators away
The fish was passing happily its days
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A child from one part of the world cries
Malnourishment and infectious disease all should not be mine
A child from another part of the world replies
Obesity and psychiatric disorders are things I can’t deny
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A king is nothing if he doesn’t have
Subjects and citizens to rule and judge
A leader without a single follower behind his step
Can’t be named a leader in any aspect
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World nowadays displays many extremes
Some people well paid and others receive only a dim
Well-paid guys get too much extra money to spare
So they compete with the poors in buying not only the rare
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Once in a kingdom there was a beautiful princess
Who ordered a tailor to make a dress, sparkling and vivid
‘This dress will let me shine brighter.’ she thought
To become the most beautiful lady being her plot.
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A throbbing pain beginning behind eye sockets
Spread to layers deep behind the neck
The pain also circled around forehead
Focusing on something deepened the painful thrush.
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