하지 마

I let my longing down

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응응응      응응응       응응응       응응응      응응응

응응응      응응응       응응응       응응응      응응응

응응응      응응응       응응응       응응응      응응응

I let my longing down          like a tree       tired of standing  and

worms strung up my heart       a spider veiled my face          stop it

I said but still the spiders kept     writing        응응응       응응응

and the sun too           made lace       from my pale green skin

but the moon was the worst      draped me in stars         like a flag


About the author

Christine Kwon is the author of two books: A Ribbon the Most Perfect Blue, which won the 2022 Cowles Poetry Book Prize and is published by Black Lawrence Press, and When Your Month is Lonely, which was selected by Heather Christle for the 2026 Tomaž Šalamun Prize and residency. It is forthcoming from Factory Hollow. Her work has been featured on NPR, The Poetry Project, The Rumpus, Copper Nickel, and elsewhere. She lives in New Orleans with her family.