by Jinho Jung
MS, USA
MS
Bell
by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
Ding, ding, ding
Ring, ring, ring
When the sun rises
A ray of light shines over the town
When everyone in the town
wakes to start their day
Yawn, yawn, yawn
“Good morning”
Ding, ding, ding
Ring, ring, ring
When the moon rises
the blanket called night
covers that pink coral
orange-red sky
Then everyone, big and small
tall and short, goes to bed
Deeply
falls asleep
Original in Korean
종
딩, 딩, 딩
링, 링, 링
해가 떠오르면
한 줄기 빛이 마을을 비춥니다
마을의 모든 사람들이
하루를 시작하며 잠에서 깰 때
하품, 하품, 하품
“좋은 아침이에요”
딩, 딩, 딩
링, 링, 링
달이 떠오르면
밤이라는 이불이
저 분홍빛 산호색
주황빛 붉은 하늘을 덮습니다
그러고 나면 크고 작은
키 크고 작은 모든 사람들이 잠자리에 듭니다
깊이
잠이 듭니다
Monday morning
by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
Ding, ding, ding
Yawn, yawn, yawn
“Wake up!”
Mom says.
“Oh dear,”
“You’ll be late!”
Monday morning
is truly the worst.
Original in Korean
월요일 아침
딩, 딩, 딩
하품, 하품, 하품
“일어나라!”
엄마가 말씀하신다.
“아이고”,
“너 늦겠다!”
월요일 아침은
정말이지 최악이다.
PIANO
by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
It makes a beautiful symphony
It makes you feel SO many emotions
As your hands move your fingers like a mechanical doll
Your fingers move one by one on each hand
The keys go down as you press
It makes a sound
Then they go up when you release
And the sound fades away
It is like the night sky turning into
The shining morning
The piano is a mystical instrument
Used by all kinds to make a picture
The picture of a single note
And that single note shows thousands
And even millions of notes
Photo
by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
When you take a photo you capture something
That something is:
time
And when you look at that photo ten or so years after you took it
It looks like you are looking at a stranger
When in reality you are looking at yourself
From a different time
From when you were making bad choices
Doing things you weren’t supposed to do
And when you look at a photo of your friend group
From when you were 13
You look at it and wonder
When was the last time you saw them
And some you remember you will never see again
And some you remember they will never want to see you again
That is what a photo is
An emotion captured for eternity
Night
by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
The glistening stars
That shine so brightly
The dark blue sky
That looks like the deep dark sea
This is a time when the kids go to bed
Fast asleep
This is a time when the students
stay up studying for tests and exams
This is a time when the sun is taking its break
And the moon is working the night shift
This is a time when the parents sneak into the kids room
Just to check if they are fast asleep
This is the dark dreamy night
Where you fly through the night
Riding on a magic carpet
With the wind breezing against your cheeks
Idol
by Lea Zimmerlin
MS, USA
Even if you are 1 cm tall,
You are the tallest person in this world,
Even if you make a mistake,
It becomes something I want to do,
I am a cat and I copy everything you do,
I want be the exact copy of your soul,