“If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I felt gloomy under this social dictatorship. Looking back, I feel like I never saw a sunrise in Seoul.” PeopleIfsFeelsProblemMightHappensPoliticalSufferingSocialFeltSawsDictatorshipLooking BackSunriseKoreaGloomySocial Problems Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Alienation between the content and form happens frequently in my poems because I obstinately carry on dismantling my body, an act you can also call "dismantling delusion." I think that after I dismantle my female body, I can finally dismantle established lyric poems.” ThinkingI CanBodyHappensFormFemaleDelusionAlienationFemale Body Author:Kim Hyesoon
“I am a tomb robber who is robbing my own tomb. Things from my tomb are exhibited under the radiant sun. Every time it happens I feel crude.” FeelsHappensMy OwnSunTombsCrudeRadiantRobbersRobbing Author:Kim Hyesoon
“If you happen to live in Korea, you might always suffer from anger towards people in power, because of political and social problems. I felt gloomy under this social dictatorship. Looking back, I feel like I never saw a sunrise in Seoul. When I was at university, the policemen used to measure how short the women's mini-skirts were and how long guys' hair was. We were living under a government that considers her people to be soldiers.” PeopleIfsFeelsLongProblemGovernmentMightHappensPoliticalUsedGuySufferingSocialFeltSawsHairUniversitySoldierDictatorshipLooking BackSunriseKoreaPolicemenSkirtsGloomySocial Problems Author:Kim Hyesoon
