Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today by Emily Jungmin Yoon (Grades 4-6)

Emily Jungmin Yoon is a poet, translator, editor, and scholar. She received her BA in English and Communication from the University of Pennsylvania, an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University, and her PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from the University of Chicago. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Korean Literature at the University of Hawai’i. Her poem, “Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today”,employs the word cold to ponder linguistic gaps and the space between seasons.