Foreword · 06

Preface · 08

Part 1. Innocence
Greetings from Seoul to New York · 14
Miles to Go Before She Sleeps · 16
Lodestar · 17
An Eagle’s Wingbeat · 19
You Stayed · 20
Graduation · 22
Ode to a Young Poet · 24
RAM · 26
The Day I Turned Nineteen · 30
Question, Lingered · 32
Her Tale · 34
A Boy’s Tale from Boulevard 38 · 36
A Mother’s Tale from Boulevard 38 · 38
Daae · 40
Lunar Eclipse · 42
Ode to a Hopeless Hoper · 43
ROT · 44
Again in December · 46
2015 · 48
Single Ring · 50

Part 2. Blossom
The Spring Elegy Series · 54
I Left My Heart in Italy · 59
Friends · 62
Spring Again · 64
Caffeine Overdose 524 · 66
Mr. Blue · 68
Jayoon · 69
Incarnation · 70
Romance, Larghetto · 73
A Great Divide · 74
Dear · 75
The Conservative Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd · 76
A Modest Proposal · 78
Palette · 80
A Calling · 82
Veritas · 83
Apologies · 84