This Side of Time: Poems by Ko Un, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Ko Un's poems evoke the open creativity and fluidity of nature, and funny turns and twists of mind. Mind is sometimes registered in Buddhist terms-Buddhist practice being part of Ko Un's background. Ko Un writes spare, short-line lyrics direct to the point, but often intricate in both wit and meaning. Ko Un has now traveled worldwide and is not only a major spokesman for all Korean culture, but a voice for Planet Earth Watershed as well." -Gary SnyderKo Un is one of the most respected poets in Korea and has been nominated several times for the Nobel Prize in Literature. " | This Side of Time: Poems by Ko Un, Paperback | Indigo Chapters