What Sparks Poetry is a serialized feature in which we invite poets to explore experiences and ideas that spark the writing of new poems. Most issues include a writing prompt.
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“Home Ward (Seoul, Korea, 2012)” approximates the physical layout of a room. My memory of the real room, one of the last where my grandfather stayed, is marked by the concentration of patient beds in a rectangular space that, if empty, I would have considered a wide hallway.
