Kinsley Lee

Sailing a Boat in Mapo

— Write a poem which adapting the rhyme from the poem \"Sailing a Boat in Mapo\" by Seo Geujeong —

Cloudy winter day, the fog envelopes

The West Lake, like Seo-Shi get angry,

Seawater rises against by the wind,

Forming gentle ripples, spangly.

Boats on the river cruise leisurely, lanterns

Swaying like lotus flower,

Cars rush on the bank road, and the exhaust fumes are shaking

And shivering the branches to embower.

Sharp winds brush against the peaks

Of Jamdu amidst the mist,

Through the clouds, the obscured moonlight illuminates the chestnut

Islet, we can see subsist.

Because the fine dust from the continent, long

The crane has dissipated in din,

In every morn, the gray seagulls arrive,

Scavenging through the litter bin.

(Apr. 10th, 2024, Kinsley Lee)