Poetry and translation from Korean by Ihlwha Choi
I got distracted and pressed delete by mistake --
a poem I had laboured over for more than ten days, gone.
I try to retrace it, like under hypnosis,
but only shattered words lie scattered in my mind.
I scramble to piece the fragments together,
but the lines in between are beyond recovery.
A poem has no blueprint,
just as life offers no formula to fall back on.
One poem, broken to bits.
One thought, fading into the distance.
Ihlwha Choi is a South Korean poet. He has published multiple poetry collections, such as Until the Time When Our Love will Flourish, The Color of Time, His Song and The Last Rehearsal.
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