Just a short walk away from the famous Seoul Hongdae night clubs is the “beheading mountain.”

In 1866 the King of Joseon, Daewongun, thought he could keep foreign ideas out of the land by a show of force.

The French missionaries and converts were executed by cutting off their heads and throwing them off the mountain into the river during the Byeongin persecutions.

The Life of Pierre

Not Laissez-faire

Nothing about the life of Pierre
Could be called laissez-faire
Divinely inspired
That’s what he desired
Directed from above
Led him from the home land of Normandy
To the sandy shores of the Yellow Sea

Distressed

His name means rock but he is shaking
He stands alone in Land of Chosen
Plans of another king start baking
With foes on North and West
King Daewongun is so distressed

Young Man

How long will the Hermit nation stand
Against the teachings of a new land?
With news of losing battle
The council pleads a show of force
Down the mountain into the river
Heads of young men roll
The furry of Byeongin no one can know

Among the trees

A seed is planted and watered with blood that lasts
Like Peter of generations passed
Hung at Nero’s decrees
Pierre is there among the trees

Planted

A tree planted by the river never fades
The fruit of love and forgiveness ripen
Nourishing generations to enlighten

This is my 43rd poem in the Steemitschool poetry competition @d-pend.(Steemitschool Discord) All photos were taken here by me @mineopoly with a cell phone camera.

Verse of the Day/ Mark 4:31,32

“It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds... Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade."

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