- Overview
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This poetry picture book sings for love, longing, and inner hope.
- Book Intro
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Yoon Dongju is one of the most beloved poets in South Korea. He started writing poetry during the Japanese colonial rule and left only one poetry collection The Sky, Wind, Stars, and a Poem after death. A Boy is one of the poems included in the collection, written in 1939. In the poem A Boy, the autumn falls like a maple leaf under the sky, and a boy's eyebrows are dyed blue. Paintings filled with a blue flow like a river, leading readers to a quiet and lonely lakeside. In the water, there is a "face as sad as love", which a boy can see even when he closes his eyes. While the river keeps flowing, the face lingers before his eyes, which may signify love for someone, an aspiration for liberation, human freedom, or longing. The picture book as transparent as the sky, the river, and the stars, touches the souls of readers softly.
- About the Author
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Yoon Dongju
Lee Sungpyo
Lee Sungpyo studied visual design at university and worked as a journalist covering the arts industry. Lee contributes to various media and has also taught university students.
