“The rhythm of my body is the same as my mother tongue. It is in this rhythm where I find sanctity, that I can return to my mother who is everywhere in the universe.” I CanBodyMotherUniverseReturnTongueRhythmSanctityMother Tongue Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Once, I compared poetry to mothers in my book called To Write as a Woman, because my mother is someone who captures me in her body and gave birth to me out of her desire but washed her hands of me after giving birth to me as a poet.” GivingWritingBookBodyHandsMotherDesirePoetBirthCaptureGiving Birth Author:Kim Hyesoon
“My mom does not exist anymore, and I cannot see my mother in myself. To me, the word "mother" is the synonym for the words "parting" or "separation" or "farewell."” DoeMotherMomMy MomSeparationFarewellPartingSynonym Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Mother is a synonym for abandonment and death. Comparing this synonym to water, it is like poured-out water. I call it mother, the identity that I cannot identify.” MotherWaterIdentityCompareAbandonmentSynonym Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Mother does not exist, like water that has given life to a flower and then disappeared. Mothers live somewhere after giving birth to us.” GivingDoeMotherGivenWaterFlowerBirthGiving BirthGiven Life Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Our mothers who have gone are buried in our bodies. It can be said that we were born with dead mothers in our body.” SaidBodyMotherBornGoneBuriedDead Mother Author:Kim Hyesoon
