Times Sixty on Frosty Gyemyeongsan

A poem of age and ageing, ugliness and beauty, and the ageless peak of Gyemyeongsan looming behind Chungju, in South Korea. I wrote it in 2006. You can see the words here.

Extraordinary - a love poem

This is one of my own poems. I wrote it in 1995. You can see the words here. Hope you like it.

Tiger in the Night

This is one of my own poems (for the rest see my main site, thormay.net ). "Tiger in the Night" tries to capture some of Korea's spirit, ancient and modern. There's a lot to this place, for those who care to look, but without the magic key of Korea's own language we are apt to hear just our own voices, see just our own footprints, and perilously forget the tiger on the mountain tracks.

Sea Fever by John Masefield

This poem is terrific for learning the rhythm of English (if you are an English language learner). For those of us who have steered a boat under sail, it catches something magical.

John Masefield (1878-1967) was the British poet laureate (the Queen's poet) for many years. As a young man he had indeed sailed on a tall ship. The words of Sea Fever can be seen here.

The Lights of Cobb & Co by Henry Lawson

Recitation by Thor of a ballad poem by Australia's best loved storyteller.

The setting is western New South Wales, Australia, in the late nineteenth century.

You can see the words on this site. Painting by Ivor Hele .

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