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Autumn Sky and Birds in Flight - Haibun
Prose
The autumn sky stretches endlessly, deep and blue. The breeze that has wandered across the fields stirs the leaves, while sunlight glimmers softly in the transparent air. I happen to lift my eyes and see a few small birds crossing the vast expanse of the sky. Their wings beat lightly, and no boundaries or fences seem to limit the direction of their flight.
Where have these birds come from, and where are they going? Watching them pause for a moment in the sky before disappearing into the distance, I find myself reflecting on the passage of time, which no one can hold back, and on what it means to live freely. The autumn sky says nothing, yet in its silence, my thoughts seem to fly farther than ever.
Haiku
Autumn sky so blue—
birds soar freely overhead,
white clouds drift away.
俳文（はいぶん）
散文（さんぶん）
秋の空は、どこまでも深く、澄みきった青色に広がっている。野原を渡ってきた風が木々の葉を揺らし、陽の光は透き通った大気の中で柔らかく輝いている。ふと顔を上げると、数羽の小鳥が広大な天空を横切って飛んでいく。羽ばたきは軽やかで、その行く手には境界も垣根もない。あの鳥たちは、どこから来て、どこへ向かうのだろうか。
しばらく空にとどまり、やがて遠くへ飛び去る鳥たちを見つめながら、引き留めることのできない時の流れと、自由に生きることの意味を思う。秋の空は何も語らない。しかし、その静けさの中で、私の心はかえって遠くへと羽ばたいていく。
俳句（はいく）
秋天を翔ぶ鳥 / しゅうてんをとぶとり/가을 하늘을 나르는 새
秋の空 / あきのそら / 5拍
鳥は空飛ぶ / とりはそらとぶ / 7拍
雲白し / くもしろし / 5拍
가을 하늘을 나는 새
가을 하늘은 한없이 깊고 푸르다. 들판을 지나온 바람이 나뭇잎을 흔들고, 햇살은 투명한 공기 속에서 은은하게 빛난다. 문득 고개를 들어 하늘을 바라보니, 작은 새 몇 마리가 드넓은 창공을 가로질러 날아간다. 날갯짓은 가볍고, 날아가는 방향에는 경계도 울타리도 없다. 저 새들은 어디에서 와서 어디로 가는 것일까. 잠시 머물다 떠나는 새들의 모습에서, 붙잡을 수 없는 시간과 자유롭게 살아간다는 것의 의미를 생각한다. 가을 하늘은 아무 말이 없지만, 그 침묵 속에서 마음은 오히려 더 멀리 날아간다.
가을 하늘
새는 하늘을 날고
구름은 희구나
About the Author
Prof. Dr. Young Choi (Editor-in-Chief) — Regent University
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Young B. Choi is a Professor in the Department of Engineering & Computer Science at Regent University. He published 38 books with ‘Selected Readings in Cybersecurity’ (2018) (over 800 copies archived globally at university/college libraries around the world) and ‘Cybersecurity Applications and Artificial Intelligence’ (2023) available in seven major world languages. He proposed the world’s first global and universal telecommunications “Service Order Handling (SOH)” Model (T-SOH Model) (1995) with Dr. Adrian Tang. With this innovative research work, he received the IEEE NOMS ’96 Best Paper Award and became the first recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award of the TeleManagement Forum in 1998. His research areas include Natural Language Processing-focused AI, AI-applied cybersecurity, network and telecom service management, and Korean studies on Gani Choi Rip’s Jeonggwan (靜觀: Quiet Contemplation) philosophy and Shilhak ( 實學: Practical Learning).
Suggested Citation
Choi, Y. B. (2026). Autumn Sky and Birds in Flight. K-GSP Forum.
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