Mark Kyungsoo Bias, a recipient of the 2022 Joseph Langland Poetry Prize and the 2020 William Matthews Poetry Prize, earned his MFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His work has been supported by the Saejowi Initiative for National Integration, which seeks to provide aid to North Korean refugees. Born in Daegu, South Korea, he lives in Seoul.

Anniversary of You

by Mark Kyungsoo Bias

Murdered by the world
             again. Brought back by the world

again. I can’t seem to find
             where this desperation lies. Saying


it’s a shadow is too much, but
             I’ve taken in the highway and the


see-through reflection of my own
             face. It’s funny watching the people
People on couch
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