Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
Bio: I’m Yeonsoo Lee, a poet in Korea
I was introduced to you through Yeonmyeongji, and I am honored to have the opportunity to share my work with you.
In addition to writing my own poetry, I also curate and introduce beautiful poems by other poets on my blog, with the hope of reaching a wider audience. I believe that poetry has the power to inspire gentle hearts and thoughtful minds, and I strive to create a positive influence through sharing it.
I would be truly grateful if you might consider allowing me to share some of my poems with your esteemed literary magazine.
Thank you very much for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
Warm regards,
Yeonsu Lee
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2020 Poetry Poems [Bluehall] Published
2022 [Puppy and Cat Blues] Electronic Poetry Publishing
5th Asan Literature Award 2021 Silver Award
Beneficiary of the record business with COVID-19 art in 2021.
2022 Find Uljui Bagu to win the Grand Prize
Blog Address: : http://blog.naver.com/gaia2000628
Brunch writer : https://brunch.co.kr/@de1db441397f4ba
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/juri0046
Salar de Uyuni* by Lee Yeon-su
I turned the desert upside down
I part my lips and let salt bloom
I came face to face between desert and sky
The husks shed by salt-tree fruits on all sides
murmur their sentences
I roll in the salty garment the sea has taken off
Uyuni, in the traces of having collapsed,
gathered the sloughed skins the foam left behind
Forbidden tears ripened and burst — the salt
stacked its body, rising on the tips of pillars
It is an unknowable origin that resembles a mirror
You, who have not evaporated,
are crossing the desert you once swam through
on milk-white ice floes,
drifting, drifting, drifting
I lean my chest back — all night, white grains of sand
keep spilling out from my mouth
With the clouds the sky has spat out,
the loose space between us brings
a lengthened shadow trailing behind —
greetings and farewells in one
In every chest where white sand grains mutter,
a mirror flickers, and a saltiness keeps rising
Where has the face that hung in the sky gone —
even shattered beneath my feet,
I return again,
and even overturned, reflected,
it is a face that cannot be erased
* Salar de Uyuni: the world’s largest salt flat, located in Bolivia
