prolog
A life lived while reading about love

1.
Baekseok, me, Natasha, and the white donkey
Love Words for Poor Lovers
2.
Hwang Ji-woo, to his aging wife
"I love you" - the words I have left to age well, the words I can say after I've aged well.
3.
Deformity, empty house
What to do after losing love?
4.
Hwang Dong-gyu, A Joyful Letter
Why I love you? A very trivial reason.
5.
Kim Soo-young, Crime and Punishment
I love you to death and hate you to death
―The boring and terrible love story of a middle-aged couple
6.
Moon Jeong-hee, older brother
Between love and friendship with a 'male friend' or a 'female friend'
7.
Yun Dong-ju, Lovely Memories
For the youth who are drifting away without love
8.
Kim Chun-soo, Snow Falling in Chagall's Village
A dream of love, even if it is an 'empty image' rather than a 'full reality'
9.
Seo Jeong-ju, lightly
The heavy weight of love that is absolutely unbearable
10.
Han Yong-un, The Measurement of Love
Questioning Love in the Digital Age
11.
Kim So-wol, Gae Yeo-ul
2AM Responds to Sowol's "Love Indecision"

Epilogue
Love Poems and Metaphors

“A Time to Learn About Life Through Love Poetry”

Penetrating modern Korean history
Love Poetry Lectures by 11 Genius Poets

Just as conveying my heart to 'you' is the core of love, 'love poetry' contains rhetorical devices to convey my love for 'you'.
Reading love poetry means learning how to speak to others, and through that, looking into one's inner self, and if there is pain, frustration, or suffering, it is also a way to heal that pain through words.
The so-called 'love poem' is a good example of empathy and communication.
Both selfish and altruistic hearts are melted into ‘love poems.’


Through the love poems of 11 genius poets who penetrate modern Korean poetry (Baek Seok, Hwang Ji-woo, Ki Hyeong-do, Hwang Dong-gyu, Kim Su-yeong, Moon Jeong-hee, Yun Dong-ju, Kim Chun-su, Seo Jeong-ju, Han Yong-un, and Kim So-wol), the author goes beyond the romantic passion of love or ecstatic dreams to explain human life, such as loneliness, sadness, and life and philosophy.


It also shows the noble, sublime, and beautiful Korean language and lyricism.
For example, the Korean language, which has well-developed onomatopoeia and mimetic words, expresses even the sound or appearance of rain in a variety of ways and in a dense manner, such as 'jureureuk', 'juljul', 'joljol', 'joreureu', and 'busulbusul'.
As seen in Kim So-wol's "Azaleas," the expression "stepping on flowers" includes words such as "jjuryeo (step on)", "jit (step on)", "salposi (step on)", "ttaek (step on)", and "pak (step on)", each creating a subtle difference in meaning.
In these poems, the author shows the true 'taste and charm' of our language through resonance, rhythm, and lyricism.

“Read a love poem and find the most crucial sentence, usually one that feels like an epigram.
In one such small, tiny psalm, the heart already murmurs and catches the signal of approaching comfort.
And then, in reality, you approach the abyss of your heart that you could not even realize in everyday life.
Even though I don't know what it is, I empathize with the lyricism that flows through my throat and find comfort in that moment.”

Through these love poems, recited like an aria, we hope you will be captivated by the beauty of our language and the insight into the lives of genius poets, condensed into a single sentence.