Im Seong-gwan: Oh, God!

The poems in this room are the results of what the poet thought and felt as he met with ‘youth’ in their view. The total of 56 poems is divided into four sections, each of which is a subject that goes beyond the youth's range of life. In view of the development of self - awareness, I have dealt with difficulties in learning and progress, my relationship with my parents and teachers from my own mind. The poet writes, reads, retreats, and forms topics to convey poems that will touch the minds of readers, and finds that, although we are past different stages of development, all people are finally in the middle. So, as with all of life, everyone lives with anxiety. The anxiety of this time is the connection between the past and the present, and especially what I want to do now for the future, is the biggest aspect of what we have. In this regard, teenagers have a different position than adults and children who are totally dependent on adults, who are powerful to solve their problems themselves. They can always get help, but they don't have a way of doing it. So, of all people, the intensity of anxiety is the highest developmental stage. So these poems can also be a windowline and a channel for the youth's anxiety. And they're the catalyst for their own poetry?

Korean title: 오, 신이시여!

Korean author: 임성관

Korean publisher: 시간의물레

ISBN-13: 9788965112945