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Atonement

March 6, 2017
By syun2018 BRONZE, Seoul, Other
syun2018 BRONZE, Seoul, Other
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so much depends
upon

an unsmiling bronze
girl

clad in plain, tattered 
hanbok

enveloped by an old woman’s
shadow


The author's comments:

This poem is based on William Carlos Williams' "The Red Wheelbarrow." It was inspired by the bronze statue built in remembrance of comfort women in Seoul, South Korea, outside of the Japanese embassy. 


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