cafe

unheard. It flows in absolute secrecy, until it reaches its destination. Swift and sharp kin, like swallows and magpies, Cannot achieve their aim, even if they listen as spies. Only a firm, slender river, like a spider’s web, Connects...

nests by spinning silk from their own intestines. Swallows build their nests by spitting and turning mud into mud. Magpies tirelessly build their nests, even when their mouths are worn and their tails fall off from retrieving rice straw...

Lee Frost, 1874–1963, American poet) Frosty Day Moonlit Night Moonlit Forest Frost Winter Play Frosty Morning Magpies (까치) Winter Sunrise Winter Winter Winter Light Brook Winter Sketch Frost My Winter First Snow (첫눈) Morning in the...

style of Korean folk art popular during the [Joseon period], with the Hojak-do genre specializing in images of tigers, magpies, and pine trees"; the depiction of these animals together changed over time "to become more satirical by the...