- Overview
-
The poet reminisces about the good times in a placid and even-tempered voice.
- Book Intro
-
We who met in this world, where we had no desire to be, talk about our exteriors
Achimdalbooks Poetry Series No.9 is the fifth anthology of poems by Kim Soyeon who is known for her cool yet poignant writing. In this book, the poet looks back on the bygone days and reveals her innermost thoughts. She unravels the stories of the good times she spent “in this world where we had no desire to be.” Yu Hui-gyeong, who wrote the Afterword, states the poet has written about what could be considered mild in a very pointed way.
The sense of being alone felt from your absence and the lack of an arm pillow
The words that feel close yet remote, “In this world where we had no desire to be,” are placed between our beginning and end. Albeit hiding our expression but wanting to be close with the time of which we want to support each other, all this is unraveled.
We encounter all kinds of fears in life. The fear of the world, fear of being left alone, fear of growing up, fear of being discriminated against, fear of confronting the truth, and fear of threats to our survival… In some respect, living life in itself is all about fear.
In this collection of poems by Kim Soyeon, there often appear many words and images that are reminiscent of fear, terror, and death. The cognizance of these horrific factors are interlocked with the poet’s uniquely cool and even-tempered voice and they are subsequently transformed to more terrifying things. But the poet is perhaps not afraid of them and does not evade these fears; instead she confronts them straight on. In that respect, she is a poet with bold aesthetics who can unearth beauty in the horrific.
- About the Author
-
Kim Soyeon
Kim Soyeon wrote the following books of poems: Reaching the Extreme, The Fatigue of Lights Pull the Night, The Bone Called Tear, Morning of the Mathematician, and Dear i. She is also the author of the following collection of essays: A Dictionary of the Heart, The World of Shiot, A Dictionary of One Letter, The Entire World Minus Me and Love Has No Love.