Part 1: Gives Spring

Words we say to each other / Just like it / Flower garden / Trench coat / Under the autumn sun / Sitting and looking at the sea / Sweet potato / Farewell / Beauty is strong / Song bells / Je Min-cheon's summer / White magnolia / Scar / New Year / Question / Second question / Flower pot / Flowers bloom / On a certain spring day / The best / From an apple / A gloomy day / For the youth / The sky is wide / The sparrow cries / Only after we break up / Thoughts of spring / I like you / Pretty you / Be successful and happy / It's a matter of time / Sunday / To the spring that is far away / Poplar tree / Be happy when you are immature

Part 2: The First Gift

First gift / Poet / KakaoTalk photo / Receive a poem / On the way home / Dream / Wildflower poem / Like you / Falling flowers / Child of spring / Pray / Hopefully / Picture / May / The sky is clear 1 / The sky is clear 2 / In my heart / After all / Impatience / You are me / Song / Day without a phone call / Every day / Promise / On the journey / Sprout / That child / Always

Part 3: Morning Again

Today / Faraway news / Gentle ears / Home cooking / To mom / Owner of the heart / Cheer / Additional words / Children's voices / Wishes at night / Reason / Stairs / KTX / Loneliness in a faraway place / Goodbye / Reunion / Short spring / Summer / Inevitability / Morning again / August / Glare / This kind of dream / Words said / Lotus bare feet / Goodbye to you too / Like salmon / Prayer for feet / Feeling of spring / Let flowers bloom / Dog food star / Snowy day / Blooming season / Redwood

Part 4: A Powerful Nap

Mom is good / Stray cat / Babies / Errands / Cat's name / Spring / Friend / Duffel / Kitten / A spirited nap / Giraffe / Regret

Poet's words

Poet Na Tae-ju's first collection of poetry for young people, "Goodbye to You Too"
Warm words of greeting to comfort the hearts of young people.

Poet Na Tae-ju is loved by many people for his warm poems that comfort and encourage the heart, including “Wild Flowers.”
Some may wonder why a poet celebrating his 50th anniversary this year has published a collection of poetry for young people, but in fact, he is a retired teacher who has spent many years working with children at school.
I have also met countless young people by visiting schools and libraries across the country.
Whenever the poet gives lectures to young people, he has always thought that reading poetry is the most urgent need for young people who are hungry and anxious, and he published this poetry collection while thinking about the faces of the young people he met across the country.


"Goodbye to You Too" contains 109 new poems that discuss how to share your feelings with loved ones, such as family, friends, and lovers, and how to live with nature, including stray cats, small birds, and flowers.
The title of the poetry collection, "Goodbye to You Too," is also the title of the poem "Goodbye to You Too," which contains a warm heart wishing happiness and well-being to all those far away.


“I love you even when you’re having a hard time, even when you’re sad, my dear.”
A Letter of Communication and Empathy to Young People Living Alone

The world is not so easy for teenagers who are entering a period of emotional instability and chaos.
Because each day is so burdensome, we don't realize that we are precious people, like "a tree that blooms beautiful flowers" ("Flower Giraffe").
“I am definitely a flower too / I was the only one who didn’t know that” (“Let Flowers Bloom”).
To the youth who want to become adults quickly, the poet sends words of encouragement, saying, “Don’t be impatient / trying to become adults too quickly” (“From Apples”) and praying that “you can achieve what you hope and dream of” (“Cheer”), comforting their weary hearts and rekindling the spark of hope.


Beautiful you
You are living
It's beautiful there

Beautiful you
You are smiling
It's smiling there

Beautiful you
You live on Earth
The Earth is blue.
---Full text from "May" (page 84)

The 'today' we live in is not a day that comes every day, but a "first day and a new day," and youth are "new people and first people who must live that new day and that first day" ("Today").
Therefore, the poet urges young people to realize the preciousness of life and live with a wise mind, even if they go down a dark and difficult path.
Above all, I hope you will look at the world with a beautiful heart and keep the mindset of “loving and caring for others as much as you love yourself” (“Be Successful and Happy”).
The poet says that love is “not a heart that is happy to receive, / but a heart that is happy to give” (“Regret”), and that true love is “one that knows how to embrace / and cherish even the scars and stains of a wounded heart” (“Scar”).
Whether you're having a hard time or feeling sad, the words "I love you" said with a warm gaze at any time give you more courage than any other words.


When you are having a hard time
What I'm saying is
I love you, honey

Even when you are sad
What I'm saying is
I love you, honey

When I really want to see you
What I say too
I love you, honey.
---Full text of "What I Say" (page 141)

“Poetry is about winning someone’s heart.”
Poems written with the heart of a love letter, easily reaching deep into the heart

The poems included in the collection are easy to understand and touch the heart comfortably as you read them.
It clearly reveals the poet's wish for poetry to reach young people in an easy, simple, yet deeply heart-wrenching way.
His poetry, inspired by the world, people, and nature in everyday life, like “picking up discarded jewels on the street,” becomes a comfort in times of sadness and a blessing in times of joy, deeply engraved in the heart.


It's pretty
When I see someone say that I'm pretty
I am also pretty.
---Full text of "Flower Garden" (page 12)

The poet, who has written poetry with the intention of writing a love letter to the world throughout his life, says that poetry is “winning someone’s heart” and “bringing that person’s heart to me” (“Question”).
It is not a coincidence, but a necessity. Whatever I say, it is possible because there is “your ear that tilts its head / and listens” (“Gentle Ears”).
In this way, in the mystery of “you becoming me / and I becoming you” (“Inevitability”), the world “becomes bright like a flower / and bright like a water droplet” (“The Blooming Season”).


“But I will still love you.”
A collection of poems that will serve as a bandage to heal a wounded heart.

“The Poet’s Words,” written in the form of a letter to young people, is also worth reading carefully.
The poet's words that poetry should be "not a luxury but a practical necessity" and "a medicine that saves people" and "a bandage for the heart that heals a wounded heart" are particularly heartbreaking.
The poet, who says that it is most important for adolescents to read poetry, explains in detail in this article why adolescents should read poetry.


On the way
And see the flowers
I also saw the clouds
You meet the wind and stuff

That's exactly what he said
Sounds like poetry to me
Unmatched
It's cheering

Yeah, you too today
And see the flowers
I also saw the clouds
Meet the wind too

Even if it's summer, it's late summer
The clouds in the sky are nice
I'm far away from you too
Send a poem.
---Full text of "Accept the Poetry" (page 72)

Meanwhile, this poetry collection has selected short, concise, yet captivating verses from the middle of the collection.
You will be able to feel the unique charm of poet Na Tae-ju, who can “quickly express” the emotions that surge up.
The poet hopes that when young people enjoy reading “poems that offer comfort, blessing, healing, and inspiration,” the world will be a better, more peaceful, and more beautiful place than it is now.


Poet's words

Poetry is nothing special.
It doesn't have to be small, it doesn't have to be shabby, it doesn't have to be fancy.
The problem is empathy.
It's communication.
Empathy comes from communication.
What poetry needs more than anything today is communication.
That you and I are not two but one, that my problems are also your problems.
We must support each other and allow each other to accompany us.
If that's the case, there's no reason why people wouldn't read poetry.