“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
“I have to reach "the poetry condition" to write. Then it is as if the border around me is thinned or blurred or erased or disappeared or dead.” IfsWritingConditionsBorders Author:Kim Hyesoon
“When I first started to write poetry, I used to feel as if my tongue would go numb.” IfsFeelsWritingFirstsUsedTongueNumb Author:Kim Hyesoon
“There is a specific kind of day when I feel like writing poems. My senses become really sharp. This day is when I feel as if I am drowning into the abandonment of death.” IfsFeelsWritingKindSensesThis DayDrowningAbandonmentWriting Poems Author:Kim Hyesoon
“If you propose there is a feminism problem in Korea, somebody would point out that you are bringing up antiquated issues. No one acknowledges that discrimination against women is still widespread.” IfsStillsProblemIssuesFeminismDiscriminationAcknowledgeKoreaPropose Author:Kim Hyesoon
“If someone asks, Is anyone alive? Break, your, head, open, and, show, your, ten, ta, cle.” IfsShowsAsksBreakAliveTen 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
