SKY POET

Sirang Bak(박시랑) 지음

신아출판사 2023년 12월 30일 출간

작품소개

책소개

이 책은 박시랑 시인이 25년 동안 쓴 시들 중에서 49편의 시를 영어시집으로 발간한 것이다.

Though this is an English poetry collection, concern may outweigh than hope when encountering readers who have different language structures, concepts, and ways of thinking. I draft this preface with courage but at times I even regret translating these poems into English.
For example, the customs of the patriarchal society is not to be easily understood by today’s youngsters. However, the majority of the older generation grew up in the customs, which nourished the poet’s imagination.
In addition, the Galaxy or the Milky Way means a wide silver water or a silver water river; so, the story of the legend will be different depending on each meaning. Furthermore, we can’t but hesitate as whether the east of the Galaxy in the Far East could also be the east of it in Europe, America, or Oceania.
On the other hand, I hope that through the poems in this book, readers will discover new ways of embracing nature, objects, and attitudes. I hope a constant smile will stay on the faces of the readers while reading this book. I selected 49 poems to make this poetry collection among the poems I have written during the last 25 years.
- preface -

목차

Preface • 4

Part I
Like a Flower on the Margins • 10
An Epilogue for the Love of Wind and Flower • 12
Awaiting to Be a Butterfly • 14
A Beautiful Landscape Seen in Vertigo • 16
The Void is Heavy • 18
The Aroma of Chrysanthemum Tea Blooms • 20
Charcoal • 22
The Afternoon Dismissed • 24
A Tiger Butterfly Sitting on a Wild Chrysanthemum in Early Autumn • 26
Pattern of Comb Teeth • 28
On the First Day of a Temp Job • 30
Triangle Gimbap Theory • 32
Diagnosis of a Love Sickness • 34
Evening of Baptism in a Shower Room • 36
Trumpet Creepers Climbing a Dead Tree • 38
Toward the Downstream • 40
The Pianist’s Hands Reflected on the Black Piano Lid •42

Part II
Memorandum 1 • 44
Becoming a Crimson Flower for Three Days • 46
Goat Pharmacist • 48
The Music Playing in the Bathroom • 50
Playing with a Stingray Kite • 52
Leaning at an Angle • 54
Lights Crossing the River at Night • 56
A Joyful Skeleton • 58
Listening the Heart of the Old Moon • 60
Struggling and Yelling the Flower Withers • 62
The River Flows between Two Hills • 64
Joyful Funeral • 66
Being a Big Fish • 69
Sky Poet • 71
Unraveling the Death of a Camellia Flower • 73
F • 75

Part III
One Year Old Baby and the Char-Mom • 78
Floating Lamplight on the Water • 80
Plane Geometry • 82
An Evening Primrose • 84
The Threshold and the Carpenter • 86
A Young Paparazzo Observes the Secret Meeting
between the Altair and the Vega • 89
Around the Time of the Pebble • 92
A Person Leaning Toward Prayer • 94
The Movement of Birds’ Beaks •96
Sky Fish • 98
Collecting Money for Safety Driving from a Drunken Customer • 100
Throwing a PET Bottle • 102
Leaving the House on the Waves • 104
An Afternoon of Peace • 106 -While Listening to Hans Zimmer, The Da Vinci Code (Live in Prague)-
A Far Horizon • 108
Gray Mullet Jumping • 109

작가정보

저자(글) Sirang Bak(박시랑)

Sirang Bak was born in Tongyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do Province and was educated at DongA University in Busan, Republic of Korea.
He debuted as the recipient of the Literature-Vatang Newcomer Award in 2005 and also the recipient of the awards including the JoongAng Ilbo Newspaper Traditional Poem Contest, the Gwangmyeong New Writer Literature Award (Poetry Category) and the Siheung Literature Award. He also won several other literary awards and recognitions.
Mr Bak has published poetry collections including The Fluttering Duck and Joyful Funeral.