[Part 1] When gaps and gaps come together

First / Kwak Jae-gu
The Beginning of a Family / Kim Joo-dae
Resemblance / Kim Mi-hee
Selfishness / Ban Chil-hwan
The word "owner" / Kim Seon-woo
Family / Yoo Byeong-rok
Key / Yoo An-jin
Mountain Boy Guryun 3 / Seo Jeong-hong
Flower / Kim Chun-soo
Wildflowers 1 / Na Tae-joo
How could we / Lee Jang-geun
Gap / Ahn Do-hyun
I'll open a window to the south / Kim Sang-yong
Last / Ideal

[Part 2] Looking at Your Face

Boy / Yun Dong-ju
A Glass of Water for You / Park Cheol
Lake 1 / Jeong Ji-yong
Lying on the ground / Kim Young-rang
Two Friends / Jo Hyang-mi
First Love / Go Young-min
Father and I / Park Mok-wol
Parentheses / Moon Jeong-hee
Dedicated to Affection / Kim Kyung-mi
Joke / Lee Moon-jae
In My Head / Chae Ho-gi
Autumn Night / Jo Yong-mi
Christmas Festival / Kim Jong-gil
Whitey's Thoughts / Son Taek-su

[Part 3] A Man Who Is Desolate on All Sides

To Narcissus / Jeong Ho-seung
House Without People 2 / Gil Sang-ho
When the Birds Are Quiet / Kim Yong-taek
Silver Spoon / Kim Gwang-gyun
Defending the Ears / Sanghak Ahn
Sura / Baekseok
Fallen Flowers / Lee Hyeong-gi
Gaeyeoul / Kim Sowol
Poor Love Song - For a Young Neighbor / Shin Kyeong-rim
House of Fate / Park Ji-woong
Dinner 2 / Lee Jang-hee
That's not it / Kim Sang-hyeok
Accompanying / Moon In-soo
Forest / Jeong Hee-seong

[Part 4] This day passed by together too

Ink painting / Kim Jong-sam
Beautiful Violation / Lee Dae-heum
Another Day in July / Hwang In-sook
Quiet Work / Kim Sa-in
One bag / Baekmusan
Happy Birthday / Otakbeon
Acquaintances / Park Ra-yeon
Band and Dancing / Ha Jong-oh
The Meaning of Living / Lee Si-young
Clematis / Do Jong-hwan
Rice / Lee Seong-bu
Aliens Must Come / Lee Young-kwang

Editor's Note
Source of the work
Teachers who helped compile this book

Discover shining moments of growth through the ‘Youth Growth Perspective’,
Seeking Healthy Relationships Through a "Youth Perspective"

Since teenagers are standing somewhere in between being neither children nor adults, facing the strong winds of change as they grow into adults, 'growth' is an important keyword that cannot be separated from the lives of teenagers.
Accordingly, we wanted to present to young people poems that depict how the pain experienced by poets who were once teenagers while going through the rite of passage to become adults blossomed into flowers.
Meanwhile, because everything exists through relationships, many teenagers are struggling and having a hard time due to problems in their relationships with friends, family, and society.
Accordingly, we have collected poems that sing of various relationships and tried to present a prescription for poetry that can restore warm relationships and help young people form healthy relationships.

“All poetry is inevitably autobiographical, and is often a drama of growth centered around confession and reflection.
Yet, there is no ‘growth poetry’ in our literature.
Isn't that strange? When we examine poetry through the lens of 'growth poetry,' we can explore our inner selves more emotionally and colorfully through encounters with poetic growing pains." _Poet Son Taek-su

“The most beautiful law in the world, poetry equipped with metaphor, is the root of relationship.
In an era of one-sided relationships where resentment outweighs empathy, how about accepting a poetic prescription for moving toward empathy?
“I sincerely hope that this will be of some help in restoring warm relationships, especially for the youth, who live lonely and desolate lives in modern times.” _Poet Ham Min-bok

All the youth who are growing in their own ways even at this moment, while stumbling and colliding with various obstacles in the world, the boys and girls of Korea who cry and laugh because of the various relationships surrounding 'me', will be able to find comfort in their weary hearts through 'Youth Growth Perspective' and 'Youth Relationship Perspective' and gain the strength to move forward toward a more mature me, you, and us.

Youth Relationship Perspectives: "Meeting You, Volumes 1 and 2"
A prescription for warm comfort for those struggling with relationships.

Changbi Youth Poetry Series Volume 21, “Poems on Meeting You 1 - When I Call Your Name,” and Volume 22, “Poems on Meeting You 2 - Lend Each Other Our Shoulders,” are “Youth Relationship Poetry Series” that select and compile the works of established poets with the keyword “relationship.”
This collection of poems is significant in that it is the first attempt to closely examine the field of poetry and establish a new genre called 'relationship poetry' within it.
The youth relationship perspective was compiled by poet Ham Min-bok, who is familiar to youth through the poem “Eating an Apple” included in the textbook, and middle and high school teachers Kim Tae-eun and Yuk Gi-yeop.
『Meeting You 1, 2』 contains works by various authors without overlapping works or authors, but volumes 1 and 2 are structured with the same flow.
Focusing on the various aspects of relationships, it is divided into four parts under the theme of 'Relationships that Begin, Relationships that Dye, Relationships that Push and Break Off, and Relationships that Embrace and Reconcile.'

When forming a relationship with someone, we sometimes feel a little fear or hesitation at the beginning (Kwak Jae-gu, “The First”), and sometimes excitement or joy (Kim Mi-hee, “Resemblance”). We feel ourselves gradually seeping into each other (Jo Yong-mi, “Autumn Night”), and sometimes we move towards a deeper relationship, or for some reason, the relationship grows distant or even ends completely (Park Ji-woong, “House of Fate”/Gil Sang-ho, “House Without People”). Sometimes, we hate or reject each other, and sometimes we move from empathy to acceptance and solidarity (Park No-rae, “I’m Standing There,” Lee Seong-bu, “Rice”). The nature of relationships is truly diverse, and the contemporary youth perspective on relationships has created a place to meet me, you, and us based on poems that well show such diverse aspects of relationships.
Accordingly, the Youth Relationship Perspective is a warm prescription to comfort teenagers who live lonely and desolate lives.
Through this collection of poems, young people will be able to find answers to building warm relationships that move toward empathy.


Editor's Note

The world is relationships.
Everything exists through relationships.
'Reading poetry gives you inspiration, allows you to observe things, helps you get along well with people, and allows you to get angry at wrongdoing and resolve it.
And you will serve your parents and your king, and you will know the names of birds, beasts, grass, and trees.
If we interpret Confucius' words, "If you don't read poetry, it's like standing facing a high wall," then poetry, equipped with the most beautiful law and metaphor in the world, is the root of relationships.
In an era of one-sided relationships where resentment outweighs empathy, how about accepting a poetic prescription for moving toward empathy?
I compiled this poetry collection with the earnest hope that it will be of some help in restoring warm relationships, especially for young people living lonely and desolate lives in modern times.

- Poet Ham Min-bok