The Universe Spins: Poems by Eight Young Koreans

By Sanko Lewis

This anthology of poetry contain the work of eight young Korean poets, majoring in English Literature. The poems are reflections of young Koreans living in an increasingly globalized Korea and provide interesting insight into the universal concerns of today's youth, not matter their physical location. The poems display rich, occasionally funny, often beautiful, and sometimes very touching images. Motifs of longing and uncertainty are contrasted with emotions of determination, gratitude, and love for family and friends. The poets all have unique voices and address desperate topics from love to socio-economic concerns. While the poems are easily accessible to the average reader, they display poetic depth that invites multiple re-readings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sanko Lewis
• Release date: Feb 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310285653

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Introduction

This anthology contains a compilation of poems that were produced by Korean students majoring in English Literature at a university in Seoul, South Korea. The poems were the result of a creative writing class during which the students had to write both short stories and poetry. For their final assessment they had to submit two short stories and five poems. The poems included in this anthology were all selected from their final submissions.

The creative writing class is an elective module for fourth year students in the Literature & Academic English track at the university where I teach. My goal as their professor was two-fold. First, to get the students comfortable enough with English as their second language, so that they can start to experiment and play with the language. Foreign language studies often put stress on the learners as they aim to produce