: About Me

My name is kim Babcock. i'm a first generation Korean-American. i have dabbled in poetry for more than two decades writing tidbits in satire and sensitivity in this fragile thread of life.  

A few years ago, a friend told me that it was selfish of me to keep these writings to myself (i never thought of it that way) but, i was eventually convinced into the accusation and committed 100 of my poems to be published in 2009.

So, if you like a little of what you have read here, please feel free to purchase a copy of my book. It is found on several sites including www.authorhouse.com, Amazon, and E-bay.

The title is "from Lightness bleeds the Dark within." It is a Kaleidoscope of some of the strange and bizarre events and memories of my life.

i hope you enjoy reading them as much as i have enjoyed writing them.

My passion is ...

objectivity

I know too much about ...

reality

My parents always told me ...

follow your heart

My childhood ambition ...

to be happy

My favorite memory ...

Korea in the autumn

Why I write ...

to set myself free

My inspiration ...

is the satire we find in life every day...

Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Gladiators

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arid, parched air trapped in cast-iron bars will suck out vacuity in wrath and brash scars which each warrior requires in the battle dome, for the leisure and merriment of ancient Rome. flashes of sunlight strobe through the cage, as condemned men prepare to build up the rage. will they triumph in victory - eternal glory or perish in slaughter, a forgettable story? their bodies are solid, like marbled stone, with muscles oiled and doused in cologne. their weapons are razor, their shields are robust, to slay or to guard from the killing thrust. the cart finds its way to the Gates of Hell, c...

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