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Selected Poems of Lee Seong-seon

Written by Lee Seong-seon; translated by Kim Hyo-eun

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Selected Poems of Lee Seong-seon

Written by Lee Seong-seon; translated by Kim Hyo-eun

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“He wrote poems that brought me great comfort.”

This is Selected Poems of Lee Seong-seon; they’ve selected only the good poems from among his several collections. I’ve known Poet Lee Seong-seon since I was a baby lying there in diapers. Poets used to come to our house to visit my father and drink, and they say they saw me from when I was still in diapers. He was one of those people. He lived below Cheolhaksan Mountain and was very close to my father, so he often came to our hometown house. He saw me from when I was a little kid through elementary, middle, and high school, but he has passed away. Every time I saw him, I thought his face was clear like a sage’s. Like the waters of Seoraksan Mountain—if you go to Baekdamsa Temple in Seoraksan, the stones are white. That’s what he was like. He wrote poems that brought me great comfort.

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“이분이 저한테 큰 위로가 된 시를 쓰셨어요.”

이성선 시선인데 이분 시집 여러 개 중에서 지금 좋은 시만 뽑은 거예요. 이성선 시선이라고 이성선 시인은 저는 제가 태어났을 때이 기적이 차고 누워 있을 때부터 시인들이 우리 집에 아버지 찾아서 술 먹으러 오셔 갖고 나 기적이 차고 있는 거부터 다 보셨대요. 그 보신 분들 중에 한 분이세요. 철학산 밑에 사셨는데 아버지하고 아주 친하셔 갖고 종종 저희 고향집에 놀러 오셨어요. 그래서 저 코리기 때부터 초등학교, 중학교, 고등학교 가는 거 다 보신 분인데 돌아가셨어요. 이분이 정말 뵐 때마다 얼굴이 도사처럼 맑으시다 이런 생각을 했었던 분이에요. 설악산 강물 같은 설악산 백담사 가면 돌이 하얗거든요. 그런 분이에요. 근데 이분이 저한테 큰 위로가 된 시를 쓰셨어요.