“I did not have any role model. I could not learn anything from the female voice that male poets used, a voice which is more "feminine" than female. Nor could I learn anything from ancient female poetry that only sang about love, the feeling of farewell and longing for others.” FeelingsUsedVoiceRolesPoetModelsFemaleLongingMalesAncientFeminineRole ModelsFarewellFemale Voice Author:Kim Hyesoon
“When I became a poet, the Korean literary world expected women poets to sing passively of love. Naturally, this was not written anywhere, but this rule existed nonetheless. Consequently, I received plenty of serious criticism.” WorldWrittenSeriousPoetCriticismExpectedPlentyKorean Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Speaking as an outsider is the most authentic voice for a poet. Poets who have one hundred thousand or one million readers [as many South Korean poets do] might not be a real, authentic poet.” RealMightVoiceMillionsPoetReaderThousandHundredSouthOutsidersKorean Author:Kim Hyesoon
“In my opinion, poets talk through the symptoms of disease. These symptoms of disease are predictions, screams, and songs.” SongOpinionPoetDiseaseScreamPredictionsSymptoms 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
