Part 1 Nature
Sprout - Gong Gwang-gyu
March - Oh Kyu-won
Spring Rain - Shim Hu-seop
Kong, You're Dead - Kim Yong-taek
Firefly - Yun Dong-ju
Tree - Yun Dong-ju
Sunshine - Yun Dong-ju
The Sea - Park Du-jin
The Fields Are Silent - Jeong Hyeon-jong
Songsari - Lee Mun-gu
Spring is a Cat - Lee Jang-hee
Oh, the maple leaves are falling - Kim Young-rang
Ouga - Yun Seon-do
Mountain Spring - Kwon Tae-eung
Pomegranate Story - Two Characters

Part 2 relationship
Goodbye Stone Wall - Kim Bong-gun
Road - Kim Jong-sang
Rain - Seong Myeong-jin
Obliquely - Jeong Hyeon-jong
The Two of Us - Kim Jun-hyun
The Power of a Word - Kim Seon-woo
If We Were Snowflakes - Ahn Do-hyun
The crow is black - Ijik
In the valley where crows fight - Yeongcheon Lee clan
Watermelon - Lee Eung-in

Part 3 Love
In the evening - Kim Gwang-seop
The Warmest Evening in the World - Bokhyogeun
Password - Moon Hyun-sik
Breaking the willow tree - Hongrang
One Star I Love - Lee Seong-seon
Wildflowers 1 - Na Tae-joo
Star - Na Tae-joo
Respond to Love - Na Tae-joo
Winter Love - Moon Jeong-hee
Uncle - Kim Young-rong

4th part existence
A New Path - Yun Dong-ju
Meteor - Oh Se-young
On a Starry Night - Na Tae-joo
A piece of briquette - Ahn Do-hyun
Hohoho - Seong Mi-jeong
Worth Living - Choi Ma-ho
Although Mount Tai is high - Yang Sa-eon
Sticker - Lee Jun-kwan
Speaking backwards - Jang Cheol-mun
Lessons from the Wound - Lee Hae-in
Words that raised me - Lee Hae-in
Which side are you on? - Lee Ok-yong
Picking the Stars from the Sky - Na Hee-deok
Mandrami - Kim Seon-woo
Big Tree - Jo Jae-do
Newspaper Table - Jeong Il-geun
East Sea - Hupo - Shin Kyeong-rim
For the Whale - Jeong Ho-seung
Like a ball that bounces even when dropped - Jeong Hyeon-jong

Source and included textbooks

This book contains carefully selected must-read literary works from middle school Korean language textbooks.

Experience beautiful Korean vocabulary, colorful expressions, and new perspectives and ideas through "Must-Read Middle School Literature: The First Step - Poetry."
Ordinary and familiar things will take on a special meaning and evoke a gentle feeling in your heart.


Yun Dong-ju's "New Road"
Na Tae-ju's "Wildflower 1" and others
A collection of 54 poems on the themes of nature, love, relationships, and existence.
Editor's Note

Song lyrics contain various emotions we feel as we live, such as love, joy, sadness, and regret.
After all, songs are just another way for people to express their emotions through rhythm.
Poetry has many similarities to song.
Poetry is also an implicit expression of various human emotions.
But many people find poetry difficult.
This is because poets convey their emotions using metaphorical and symbolic expressions rather than expressing their true feelings.
However, if you read the poem carefully, following the poet's thoughts and feelings, you can enjoy the poem.

This book is divided into four main topics.
The first topic is ‘nature’.
Nature in poetry speaks to us not as a simple background, but as a proud protagonist.
The second topic is ‘relationships’.
I hope that reading this poem will be a time for you to reflect on the various relationships that surround you.
The third theme is ‘love’.
Love encompasses not only lovers, but also family, friends, pets, and affection for precious things.
Discover the many faces of love in poetry and think about what love means to you.
The final topic is ‘existence’.
Take time to think deeply about your own existence and those around you through the poems in this book.

This book contains poems from the Korean language textbook for first-year middle school students, as well as poems appropriate for young people of the same age to appreciate.
I hope that through poetry, we can experience a variety of emotions and look into the world that poets have drawn and expressed.