“A sia :About the poet
Aouh ais normally conser sendy, office jb an obstacle to
eve endear, Kien Kick (bor in 1957) has use joel te ie
of lay man ad ato a poet or te pat ent yeas. I is poetry, Kan
‘ae oe on oman pay and he elatoship eter he Hay ad he
violence inflicted vpn it Fear and compulsion ante pas of han bos
the poet Believes. ee this eso, Ku soften ested as “an obser of
necessary for confotg poles in today's poetry. Although is poetry may
lack a certain lyrical quality, i splays both profundity and acuity of
His major pty work nclode Feta Step (1991), Storm nthe Bye of a
Nee (19) Administra Si (199), (208) He she expen of Kit
Souyoung Leary Avard (198), Hyun Lirary Award (2001), ad Midas
tent Prize (200,About the work
Fetal sleep
Published by Moon Publishing Co. Ltn 1991
With posting ower of sbserton nd imagination, Kim evel those
spt of if hat ld supsing inst into the nate of ur existence. His
ut poem, "he Hunchtack ponte a old bones ma seeping eae up
sath ep of esas. isabel hack eked tan eg, Svan
the image of fetus eng rend oe bom and theeby sig power
symbol ofthe od a's desi oben ie fo ie ctgpled ie at wel a 8
hope fo ehinh nd en
“Mouse” —ie fst in a seis of pos inked by the moti of animal
sil uas—enplors te theme of iokoce a et afer of existence
red 0 fod a any ter if form and mu rik its owe ie ose fond
cverydy. The mous's pteicameat embodies fndumeetlaniety associated
itbe very ante of ertnce: “Tring i ea nd founig a te ou,
ie wil never Know to to ut the day ew Ab thi pars ad osha
appetite” Kim's pastry combines otensity of pots expresion with the
scone of exten of wretched to rule the problns of exten i
Storm in the eye of a needle
Pte by Moon Pubiing Cn 199
tire ee ltd, he makes Soching doves andere he tin seh
shia sacl shee, ask bones tht wil eit ong aster he sh
sling faces in stanly “a ol anche indferent oeveryting” The
sll with 0 Wack oes for eyes is always watshing the infinitely show
xpreson of our he, he pos observe
“Conch” feet on he cracks i th concrete wal of bight lings
sh semingly insignificant Saws, Although a cack is esetly an empty
oes, oan undermine he emi foundtion of «great vette which will