꽃의 색과 향기와 새들의
목도
가장 배고픈 순간에 트인다는 것
밥벌이라는 것
허공에 번지기 시작한
색과
향기와 새소리를 들이켜다 보면
견딜 수 없이 배고파지는 것
영혼의
숟가락질이라는 것
Park Ra Youn (b. 1951) was born in Bosung, South Jeolla Province. She studied Korean Literature at Korea National Open University and got Ph. D at Wonkwang University. She made her literary debut in 1990. Her poetry collections include Pyunggang Princess Living in Seoul (1991), A Man Peeling off Raw Chestnuts (1993), While I Live Renting You (1996), My Garden in the Air (2000), The Cosmos Passed Away (2006) and Light’s P.O Box (2009). Her poetry continually reflects and finds the meaning of life even in the most desolate world. Her delicate words appealing to the sentiments of the public have been woven into beautiful lyric lines where sadness and happiness, pain and delight of life mix altogether.