Dew Drop In April 2024 Poems

Noisy Korea Now My Home

Noisy Korea Now My Home

When I first came
To South Korea in 1979
To do my Peace Corps duty
In a rural country town,

I thought that the old name
Of Korea
“the land of the morning calm”
Was absurd.

Korea was a noisy place
From early morning on.

Cars, horns, radio TV blaring
People talking to crowds everywhere
At night people drink and dine.

And loudspeakers
Blasting you awake
At 6 a.m.

And during elections
Sound trucks everywhere.

Now 45 years later
It is my home
No longer a noisy
Chaotic exotic place
Just home.


You can find these and other of my April Poems on my blog page at the following links
April 1 to 6 poems https://wp.me/p7nazo-2P4
April 7 to 14 poems https://wp.me/p7nazo-2Qh
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