Flowers of Thankfulness: English and Korean

By Wansoo Kim

Faith

It was a tree in my head

Covered with gifts

When I looked at it at first,

But as time passes by,

It is a dependable cane to soothe leaning on it

Any pain and tears

On the steep hill of life

That storm and blizzard often rage.

If I am with you I love

Holding the cane of faith firmly,

Even though I fall in the puddle of death suddenly,

As my fountain of courage spurts

Enough to cross it vigorously

Without trembling with fear.

The cane of faith

That I received without any qualification or price

Is your own noble gift

That I can’t buy or get

Even for anything on this earth.

Whenever the waves of life rage,

Please let me gaze at Moses

To stretch out the cane of faith powerfully

Crying “Don’t be afraid! Stand still

And see what the Lord will do

To save you today.”

To the people who bawl out with resentment

In front of the Red Sea that enemy troops run after.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Sep 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781973672944

Wansoo Kim

Wansoo Kim achieved a Ph. D. in English Literature from the graduate school of Hanguk University of Foreign Studies. He has published five poetry books, one novel, and one book of essays. One poetry book, Duel among a middle-aged fox, a wild dog and a deer, was a bestseller in 2012, one page from the book, Letters for Teenagers, was put in textbooks of middle school(2011) and high school(2014) in South Korea, and three books (Easy-to-read English Bibles Stories, Old Testament(2017), New Testament(2018) and Teenagers, I support Your Dream) were bestsellers. He was granted the World Peace Literature Prize for Poetry Research and Recitation presented in New York City at the 5th World Congress of Poets(2004). He published a poetry book, Prescription of Civilization in USA.(2019), received Geum-Chan Hwang Poetry Literature Prize in Korea(2019).

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WestBow Press rev. date: 8/23/2019

Preface

Preparing for the national exam for a diplomat while in university, I was extremely frustrated by the diagnosis of a doctor at the best hospital in South Korea that even modern medicine had no cure for my disease. Finally, I took a year off from university, went to my country home, and struggled against disease while being seriously tormented by questions such as, Why on earth does such fatal disease come to me and what will happen to me after death?

Attempting suicide a few times due to the unbearable pain, I had the opportunity to meet God at the revival service of a neighboring church. Beginning a life of faith, I’ve got a challenging hope of life with the miraculous healing of my disease. Besides forming the sense of value totally different from that before the incurable disease, I have opened the eye of a new vision on everything of life.

Entering graduate school and majoring in English and American poetry after graduating from university, thanks to my recovery of health, I began to write poems fired with the strong desire to express my literary and philosophical insights formed by the wide knowledge of English and American literature and the Christian faith.

But how can I express God’s sublime love and grace to take care of and lead me daily as well as His gifts of eternal life and Mother Nature? I thank God for giving me this wonderful opportunity to bloom the flowers of thankfulness.

I fervently hope this poetry book will please God’s heart and be used as His precious tool to help restore the faith and spirituality of gratitude to the people of weak faith with lots of worries or fears.

Contents

Part 1 Gifts of Treasures

Treasure 1: Tears

Treasure 2: Tongue