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0824895649 pdf Dawn of Labor, at last translated into English, is the legendary South Korean poet Park Nohaes first collection, published in 1984 when he was twenty-seven years old. Despite a government ban, the book sold a million copies and propelled Park Nohae as the generations leading resistance poet. Dawn of Labor is an enduring classic that shook a society, transformed lives, and demonstrated the power of poetry. The war of night labor once over, I pour cold soju over my aching heart. Ah . . . I cant go on like this for long. For sure, I cant go on like this. Dawn of Labor If I ever kill myself, Ill probably do it at dawn. For a Peaceful Evening We too want to become heaven. Not a dark clouded heaven that presses down, but a clear blue heaven over a world that lifts one another. Heaven Read more