I always feel like I’m collecting new instances of unhappiness. Managing just barely to hold onto a time of ordeals, when one feels discarded, collapsing, and dismantled, I hold out. This collection of poems is also a record of an unhappiness with unknown directions. It contains prayers of please and tragedies of at last. What else could I do?
.From “Poet’s Note”
Kim Myoung Ki’s poems show exceptional strengths within the contemporary Korean poetic landscape. First, they depict characteristically vivid and powerful scenes of specific moments in our lives. Whether it’s the process of laboring, traces of his own family history, or moments of observing neighbors, his poems originate from the depth of the Korean language, embracing veracity and sincerity.
.Yoo Sungho (Literary Critic)