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North Korea Travel Memoir


Panoramic view from Juche Tower — photo by Christophe95, accompanying poem "North Korea Travel Memoir"
Photo: Christophe95 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

A holiday trip to North Korea,
Through layer upon layer of checkpoints to Rason.
My heart pounds with uncertainty,
No internet connection along the way.

As if traveling through time,
The simple people from long ago,
Kimchi at every meal,
A mysterious land adds to the experience.