Cheju Island
The front yard and the back yard are the sea from anywhere in the island.
Mt. Halla is the sky of the island wherever you are.
The sea has seduced many fishermen to Ieodo and many did not return.
The Cheju women’s tears made the sea bluer and windier.
Many more women live on the island
Who lost their husbands and sons to the Ieodo sea.
Reeds are waving flags on the melancholy coastal hill.
The sea is spreading from my front and back yards to the ocean.
Mt. Halla is always seen as the sky of the island.
In between, 370 hills lie like the Silla Kingdom’s Royal Tombs.
By Yearn Hong Choi
