Salted seafood · Lee Dae-heum / Autumn sketch · Ham Min-bok / Cornelian cherry blossoms · Lee An / Crying hands · Yoo Hong-jun / About trees · Lee Seong-bok / Forehead · Shin Mi-na / Warm rain · Lee Hyeon-seung / Chemistry teacher · Jeong Yang / Hometown · Jo Mal-seon / The end of summer · Moon Seong-hae / Morning · Moon Tae-jun / The last day of the year · Kim Su-yeol / Morning glory · Kwon Dae-woong / The word 'whiyeongcheong' · Lee Sang-guk / Lower body · Cheon Su-ho / September · Go Yeong-min / Beside the sound of rain · Jang Seok-nam / Chair · Cha Seong-hwan / Goose · Son Taek-su / Jongno family · Hwang In-chan / Unity · Kim Hae-ja / Such a disaster · Do Gwang-ui / Ok-i · Lee Byeong-cho / The setting cow market · Go Du-hyeon / To a boy · Park Seong-woo / Peonies are blooming · Song Chan-ho / Empty space · Lee Deok-gyu / Sick beast · Do Jong-hwan / Foot · Kwon Ki-man / Water crab fun · Kim Myeong-in / Acorns · Lee Bong-hwan / In the shade Ask · Gil Sang-ho / Geumdeumori · Lee Jung-gi / Banpan · Son Cecilia / Knock! Knock! · Lee Seol-ya / A nasty relationship · Jo Seong-guk / A woman in the water · Kim Geun / Dongdamchi · Yuk Geun-sang / Flower sleep · Kim Seong-gyu / Can't go home · Jeong Hee-seong / November · Seo Jeong-chun / Do it, sister · Kim Eon-hee / Like that · Kim Myeong-su / I'm already · Lee Jae-mu / A relationship · Kim Su-bok / The well · Lee Yeong-gwang / Old age · Choi Yeong-cheol / Residual snow · Lee Jeong-rok / Obtaining the inner body of the swamp · Song Jae-hak / Adolescence · Jeong Gyeot-byeol / Oil · Song Gyeong-dong / A more vivid love song · Hwang Dong-gyu / Frost · Song Jong-chan / Tree on the cliff · Ahn Sang-hak / The other side where flowers bloom · Choi Jeong-rye / The beginning of a family · Kim Joo-dae / The stars disappear · Cheon Yang-hee / Wind field · Lee Dong-soon / Stump · Park Seung-min / The tree that polishes the stars · Gong Gwang-gyu / The inside of the crape myrtle tree · Ahn Hyun-mi / December · Yoo Kang-hee / Silver grass · Lee Yun-hak / Lee Moon-jae · Nodok / When the Flowers Bloom · Kim Yun-i

A person who passes through life reading poetry is a poet!

Poet Ando Hyun says:
A poet is someone who “keenly perceives all the words of the world and the unusual signs of the universe.”
“A person who is not lonely all day long even if he holds one kind word or one shining sentence in his heart.”
But does loving poetry mean writing poetry? Or is it reading poetry? Poet Ahn Do-hyun reiterates.
“If there is someone who does not write poetry but passes through life by reading poetry, he is much closer to being a poet.”
At this very moment, you, who are quietly memorizing and secretly copying the poems included in “If I Had Read This Poem Then,” are the poet.

The side dishes my mother gave me included my mother's
There is nothing that is not a body

The pickled seafood you gave me to eat when I had no appetite
I was trying to eat some spicy peppers by slicing them thinly.
this,

Isn't that pickled in mother's stomach?
-Lee Dae-heum's "Jeotgal" specialty

“The image of the mother who has lived for a long time with her liver crushed and the speaker who has lived with her mother’s heart burning are all contained in this short poem.
Here we see once again that poetry is a form of reflection.
So, because of the salted seafood, I am momentarily in awe.
Have we ever pickled our insides and handed them over to anyone?” - From the commentary by poet Ahn Do-hyun

As I was passing under the paulownia tree, a child approached me.

In the child's hand, curled into a ball

I can hear cicadas chirping.

Hey, that hand

Let go

Let go of the cicada

If you don't do that, you'll have to live your whole life with crying hands.
-Yoo Hong-jun's "Crying Hands"

“To a child, a cicada is a magical game, but to a cicada, a child is a grim reaper.
The poet politely asks the cicada to be released.
The five-line 'pull' is only two letters, but it exerts a terrifying power to free the tiny creature called cicada from its bonds.
These are two letters that resonate more powerfully than any other slogan.
“Are we perhaps living with crying hands right now?” - From the commentary by poet Ahn Do-hyun

With a nail on the board
It looks like a mark that was pressed down hard
If it's your heart
I wanted to go in there and lie down

Cover the mattress
Just three days
After suffering quietly

Is the rice water suitable?
Measure the water with the back of your hand
Get up and go to the kitchen
-Shin Mina's "Forehead"

“Perhaps the reason I became ill and lost my mind was because of the sadness created by love.
The attitude of trying to overcome mental illness by lying in bed for three days means that you already know the path to healing.
“How beautiful and neat is the saying that one measures the water with the back of one’s hand!” - From the commentary by poet Ando Hyun

Reading poetry with warm and cozy pictures!

"If I had read this poem then," offers readers the true pleasure of reading poetry, as well as the joy of savoring pictorial imagination.
Artist Shin Cheol's emotional paintings, which are placed like treasures throughout the collection, provide not only the pleasure of reading but also the pleasure of viewing.
65 unique poems written by 65 poets, a friendly commentary by poet Ando Hyun, and Shin Cheol's paintings with delicate lines and heartwarming colors deliver a three-dimensional impression.
The poetry collection, "If I Had Read This Poem Then," which offers such a special artistic experience, offers readers weary of life a comfortable solace, along with new hope and excitement.