서량의 詩, 글, 음악/김정기의 글동네/NY, NJ, USA

|Poem| Intermission

Intermission A rabbit with a faint smiledressed in a red vestpauses from its breathless sprintin the loose early autumn sunlight.With both ears perked upyou gently, gently chew on my thoughts, as if tearing, eating cotton candy spread in the sky. Poet’s Note:I’m so glad I went to the Bronx Botanical Garden. A rabbit was just sitting there. I kind of wanted to touch the long ears. © Ryang Suh, MD..

|Poem| Jack-o'-lantern

Jack-o’-lantern No soul on the streetMeeting again the goblin faceThe same as in the past, my faceFish fins spread real wideJack-o’-lantern lips, curling and curlingTill your soul slips away, oh, myBlazing candle flame held within Poet's Note:When it’s Halloween, it’s pumpkins. When it’s autumn, it’s pumpkins. Day and night, all I see is pumpkins everywhere. © Ryang Suh, MD 2024.11.02

|Poem| Glass

Glass Beside the light, transparentRinging clear in my earsThe sound of a fairy’s robe flying in the skyBeyond the glass wall, bright all around, near the fairyA dazzling darkness covering the right shoulderRemoving my glasses, I gazeInto your depths Poet’s Note:Inside the large building at the Bronx Botanical Garden, a fairy, possibly Alice, is soaring gracefully beyond the glass wall into the ..

A Date ColorfulDuet of green and chick-yellowPromises are rules of fingering, fingering practiceLips brushing against rabbit fur to the point of painI'm late — No, you’re not lateThe past and future livesYou’re becoming totally oblivious of Poet's Note:Ten year old Alice in Wonderland runs across past and future lives. The rabbit attempts to keep his appointment. © Ryang Suh, MD 2024.10.26

Rabbit Hole Wonderland You lose yourself completelyAlice’s arms and legs all disappearThe cave is bright We’re all mad hereClimbing up a branch without hesitationThe Cheshire Cat grins wider and widerChunka chunka The sound of an acoustic guitarYour face The look of you with eyes shut tight Poet’s Note:I’ve been meaning to go meet Alice. I wandered around for a while in the rabbit hole at the Br..

Bugle The tension of lipsSwelling lungsCold metal, metal tarnishingThoughts tarnishing, soonBursting high pitch, a faint painYou tighten your cheeksFingers, nimble fingers Poet’s Note:After the house fire in January 2019, I lived in a rented home for 20 months. The COVID virus overlapped with that time. I played the bugle a great deal. © Ryang Suh, MD 2024.10.12

Sunlight They say it’s a fishy-smelling dockMen and women running, colorless, oderlessBlinded by the light, even with sunglasses, sunglassesDo you hear the ship’s horn?You are a park floating on the sea in front of ManhattanA rabbit, a pure white rabbit, running shirtless, unstoppable Poet's Note:Unbelievable, a park floating on water! Yet, the sunlightisn’t harsh at all where two fish are swimm..

40 Years Back Wind blowing in ChicagoTwo brothers, due to circumstances, I’m Jinhoon’s older brotherPlus, hey, there’s you, Joonjae! Boom Chicka, Boom ChickaNahoona’s melodious voice singing Far Away HometownLook at older brother Jaegwan's toothy grinWith both hands tucked in his pants pocketsStanding idly there, what was I thinking? Poet’s Note:At some Chicago hotel, older brother Oh Sewhan lea..

Running Fast 2 The two front paws of a tetrapod are wings A blackish bird flying up in the cloudless blue sky Dragonfly, Dragonflies All four feet turn into rainbow colored wings Puppy, Puppies in the sunny front yard are running to their mother Run, Run Boldy, Boldly By the night, Every night, trying to learn to toddle again Bedclothes loosely covering shoulders, a blackish bird rolls sideways ..

Girl Child -- To the woman in "Mari-Jose in a Yellow Dress" painted by Matisse (1950) It's lines Thick lines, Lines in black Speaking powerfully A low-pitched voice brushing through the fog Female A step before becoming a female The arterial blood color red is soggy If you touch it, it gets worse Note on the Muse: A girl child in yellow dress is reading a book. Then she stops to rest for a while..