konglish poetry

Most schedulers, diaries, and notebooks in Korea covered with English quotations, usually about love, or inspirational messages. The imperfections of the writing tend to give these quotations a beautiful lyrical quality. I spent some time at my local Artbox store, writing down some of this “Konglish poetry,” which I’ve included here.

What is life if we have no time to stand and stare
No time to see and feel, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night

Love is here and there.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience
to the utmost, to reach our eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience.

inventions and recipes,
anger and sorrow,
letters sent to
not knowing…
this is the real part,
is yours. Write fast.
…write over them,
paint over them.
and let go.

Promise yourself to be strong that nothing
can disturb your peace of mind. Look at the
sunny side of everything
and make your optimism come true.

The stars in the sky, the fish in the sea,
the animals on earth everything has many secrets.

A good day is expected to begin!
Wishing you a garden full of happiness,
today and Everyday!

Are you doing good lately? Open now, don’t delay!
This could be your lucky day, you know what I mean?

Look under your feet.
The great opportunity is where you are.
Every place is under the stars.
Every place is the center of the universe.

Imagination is more important than knowledge
Memories with you is not lost. I do not want to forget.
However days and months may flow, the time spent
with you does not fade. You are still alive there. A
photograph can also shut up small temperature there.
It is memory accumulation equipment which the human
begins to forget various things produced.

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

Please always know that I love you more
than anything else in the world.
Being with you makes me feel so happy.
Ever since I met you, things
are looking pretty good.

The best and most beautiful thing in the
world cannot be see nor touched
but are feet with the heart. Happy the man, whose
wish and care a few paternal
acres bound, content
to breathe his native air in his
own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields
with bread, whose flocks supply him with
attire; whose trees in summer
yield him shade in winter, fire blest,
who can unconcernedly find hours, day and
years slide soft away in health
of body, peace of mind;
quiet by day.

Happiness
There is only one
happiness in life, to
love and to be loved.
Time
The busier you are,
the more time you need to take
time to do things right.
Record
We need to record words
for our learning.
Future
Have you given any thought
to your future? Let’s
do one thing at a time.
Hero
Everyone is necessarily the
hero of his own life story.

Life is a beautiful journey.
It is with great pleasure that I impart my
inspirational stuffs. I desire nothing else but
you’ll be richly blessed and powerfully
inspired by the thoughts and perspectives
as journeyer in life.

The quiet
water of a lake
Love is like the ripples on
a lake ever widening