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Mr-Dokdo
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
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 Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:52 am Post subject: In Praise of Goryeo: A Poetry Competition For Foreigners |
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I have been very inspired by the many positive things people have to say about Korea, even though we know that there is also quite a bit to complain about. That being so, I am offering a prize of $100 to the foreigner who writes the best poem that highlights all the wonderful things we enjoy in Korea. Deadline is 31 Dec 2008. The winning entry will be announced here, on 1 Jan 2009.
Good luck to all! |
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:51 am Post subject: |
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| Can it be in a 'haiku' format, or would that be in bad taste? |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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Mr. Dokdo, you already began the thread Just For Today: Think of One Thing You Like About Korea
What are you, a Korean PR agent? Your agenda is bald faced, I'll give it that.
Here goes:
Rose are red,
Violets are blue,
Dokdo my *beep*
Though go to Jeju |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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*sniff* *sniff* I smell something fishy. And it ain't the kimchi.
This rhymes. Can I submit this two-liner to the aforementioned contest? |
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Soccerstar
Joined: 21 Nov 2006
Location: Kyungsangnamdo
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| Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Oh the beauty of Takeshima,
Gotta love those Japanese rocks,
They strike as being pretty,
Compared to dirty socks. |
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kkrumrei
Joined: 19 Jan 2007
Location: Yangji
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Is that $US 100? That'd almost be tempting, given that 100 american dollars is about 250 000 won right now (ok, a bit less, lest anyone miss the sarcasm). |
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Seoul'n'Corea
Joined: 06 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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My poem goes something like this.
Women are red,
Men are blue,
Dokodo is our rock in the east sea
and screw you too!
--- I was hoping for a more diplomatic peom, but I just couldn't do it. |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I can't help but be suspicious of Mr-Dokdo.
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| That being so, I am offering a prize of $100 to the foreigner who writes the best poem that highlights all the wonderful things we enjoy in Korea. |
This does not sound a like a sentence that would be uttered by a non-Korean in Korea. For a few reasons. Dissection time!
1. '$100' (what? is the won no longer a useable currency?)
2. 'the foreigner' (a real foreigner would use the term person)
3. 'wonderful things' and 'Korea' (I have a hard time putting these two words in the same sentence, and would have chosen alternated vocabulary to express the message. Like: What are some benefits of living in Korea?
4. A real foreigner who comes from a country that values expression and courage, would have contributed their own poem first so as to encourage others to follow suit.
Does anyone else on this forum see through Mr-Dokdo?
On a final note the part
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| I have been very inspired by the many positive things people have to say about Korea... |
is the type of flowery speech Koreans use when they write in English. |
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Mr-Dokdo
Joined: 16 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Jane wrote: |
I can't help but be suspicious of Mr-Dokdo.
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| That being so, I am offering a prize of $100 to the foreigner who writes the best poem that highlights all the wonderful things we enjoy in Korea. |
This does not sound a like a sentence that would be uttered by a non-Korean in Korea. For a few reasons. Dissection time!
1. '$100' (what? is the won no longer a useable currency?)
2. 'the foreigner' (a real foreigner would use the term person)
3. 'wonderful things' and 'Korea' (I have a hard time putting these two words in the same sentence, and would have chosen alternated vocabulary to express the message. Like: What are some benefits of living in Korea?
4. A real foreigner who comes from a country that values expression and courage, would have contributed their own poem first so as to encourage others to follow suit.
Does anyone else on this forum see through Mr-Dokdo?
On a final note the part
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| I have been very inspired by the many positive things people have to say about Korea... |
is the type of flowery speech Koreans use when they write in English. |
Good questions. The answers are as follows.
1) "$" is the standard symbol for the dollar; the symbol for won is different.
2) Really? The competition is for foreigners.
3) This might come as a huge surprise to you, but I never write according to how you would write.
4) Really? I must remember to look up the rules in "How To Be A Real Foreigner". |
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retrogress
Joined: 07 Jun 2008
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I need the money...so I wrote this for Mr. Dokdo and his cause
I Was Met With Laughter and Giggles
I was met
with laughter and giggles
as I called to the second floor.
They answered my question with �hello, hello!�
and so I repeated
to the same reply.
She boards the bus
at 5 to 8,
and never once does glance my way.
Nobody notices when she offers me coffee
with her hidden
smile.
Weathered, hurried and unkind
are most near me,
and I am happy with the distance.
While the happenings of each day pass
masked by my own quiet contemplation
solitude becomes my friend. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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Dokdo this and Dokdo that
Japanese, Korean spat
apoplectic ajosshis
demand Japan fall to it's knees
in a raving hissy fit
(the rest of us don't give a shit) |
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