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Haesong Kwon

Haesong Kwon, originally from Incheon, Korea, lives in Tsaile, Arizona. He works at Diné College, a tribal college of the Navajo Nation, and is the author of the poetry collection The People’s Field (Bull City Press, 2019). His writing has recently appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Prairie Schooner, and Poem-a-Day.

Poetry

Spring 2025

Japan Korea

By Haesong Kwon

Our linoleum floor speckled with national flowers.The leaky carbon monoxide the night thief woke us to.Horsing with the wrong home, said Grandma, pushing him gruel.I haven’t eaten in several days.Imperial […]