Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Whenever it hurt,
I wished
time would pass quickly.
But time
does not simply pass.
While I was wishing that,
my mother passed first.
A few names I knew
disappeared, one by one.
I thought
time had moved on—
what remained
were empty places.
Toward a side
I can no longer call,
quietly,
it is empty.
타임
고통스러울 때마다
시간이 빨리 지나가기를 빌었다
시간이 그냥 가는 것은 아니다
그러는 동안
어머니가 먼저 지나갔다
내가 아는 몇 개의 이름들이
차례로 사라졌다
나는
시간이 흐른 줄 알았는데
남은 것은
빈 자리뿐이었다
다시는
부를 수 없는 쪽으로
조용히 비어 있다
Biography of Poet Sim Wooki
Poet Sim Wooki was born on July 4, 1964, in Hamyeol, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. He completed his doctoral coursework in English Literature at Gachon University in 2013.
His literary debut came in 2011 with the publication of his work in Poetry Literature. In 2012, he was awarded a creative writing grant from the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture. In 2013, he published his first poetry collection, Thirteen Ways of Seeing a Black Flower, which was selected as a Sejong Outstanding Book in 2014.
In 2016, he expanded his literary reach with the publication of his poetry collection in English, Read My Love, You. Over the years, he has authored several additional works, including his second collection Secret Envoy, as well as Ice Pillar of Fireand The Day the First Snow Falls, the latter co-authored.
In addition to his writing, Sim Wooki has contributed to academia by teaching at Kyungwon University, Inha Technical College, and Gachon University.
