- Overview
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This is a collection of poems by Ahn Miok, who has actively written poems since she made her debut by winning the Dong-A llbo's Spring Literary Award in 2012.
- Book Intro
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Poet Ahn Miok has shown how to "find the unfamiliar in the familiar and the non-trivial in the trivial" with her "unique imagination and unspoiled voice" in her debut poems At The Table and My Orphanage. In the book which is published 5 years after her debut, she sings "others' pain and sorrow" with a language like bare skin. She painstakingly weave "the feeling of becoming weak to pain and sorrow" (Kim Haeng Sook, from recommendation remark) into the beautiful poems "in a low yet sound voice." (Kim Young Hee, from commentary).
It is neither bridle nor prison // nor salvation. // in the eyes of the carpenter's eyes // when checking wood // like the indescribable weather. // sitting down // saying // tulips, tulips, // it seems to be said all. // sharp and pointy // didn't know how to use comfortably // as if we didn't know how to live comfortably. // (…) // Does it really start with the heart? // When I see a bee flying in the middle of winter. // is it a transparent wing? // If so, // It is terrible // that all these are a matter of the heart (From The Poem Collection)
- About the Author
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Ahn, Miok
Ahn Miok was born in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province in 1984. She made her debut through the Dong-A Ilbo. Her collection of poems, Whole won the the Kim Joon-sung Literary Award.