“As a university student, I tried hard to write poems in Korean. It was at that time that I foresaw my death and the world's death. I think my poems started at that time.” ThinkingWorldWritingHardStudentsUniversityKoreanUniversity Students Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Women are foils to men in South Korea. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance. Men think women should do trivial things on the margins. They think women should be merely a seasoning for a dish. I feel anger and sorrow seeing this.” ThinkingMenFeelsShouldHardPoliticalRolesSeeingSorrowSouthResistanceDishesKoreaMarginsSouth KoreaFoilsSeasoningTrivial Things 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
“The language of poetry is not stuck in place. Nothing can own language. I think, however, the genre of poetry itself is very feminine and motherly.” ThinkingLanguageStuckGenrePoetry IsFeminineMotherly Author:Kim Hyesoon
“You cannot call a poem female just because it is written by a woman. Nevertheless, I think attempts to find femininity in female bodies, life, and thinking, attempts to find a way for women to speak, will improve widely in Korea.” ThinkingWayBodySpeakWrittenFemaleNeverthelessFemininityKoreaFemale Body Author:Kim Hyesoon
“As a sick kid, I always looked out the window. The objects of my observation were the sun, the seasons, the wind, crazy people, and my grandfather's death. During my long period of observation, I felt that something like poems were filling up my body. They were in some kind of state and condition that made them difficult to render into words. As a university student, I tried hard to write them in Korean. It was at that time that I foresaw my death and the world's death. I think my poems started at that time.” PeopleThinkingWorldWritingKindLongMadeHardStatesBodyKidsFeltDifficultSunCrazyConditionsObjectsStudentsWindPeriodsWindowSeasonsSickUniversityObservationGrandfatherFillingMy GrandfatherKoreanCrazy PeopleFilling UpUniversity StudentsSick Kids Author:Kim Hyesoon
“Men think women should do trivial things on the margins. They think women should be merely a seasoning for a dish. I feel anger and sorrow seeing this.” ThinkingMenFeelsShouldSeeingSorrowDishesMarginsSeasoningTrivial Things Author:Kim Hyesoon
