Poetry Recitation

Poem "Dementia" by poet Hwang Seong-hwan
Poem "On a Spring Day Not Requested Flowers Bloom and Wilt" by poet Choi Myeong-sook
Poem "Snatch a Day’s Pay" by poet Heo Sang-wook

Sing through Poetry

This project aims to popularize disability literature through the promotion of the songs composed from disabled poets’ poems. Disabled artists were involved in all aspects including lyrics, composition, arrangement, and singing.

-Goodbye to Painful Love (Lyrics by Seol Mi-hee, Music by Polaris Lee Jeong-min, Arrangement by Jeong Myeong-soo, Sung by Kim Guk-hwan)
-I Hope You’re a Little More Happy (Lyrics by Han Seung-wan, Music by Polaris Lee Jeong-min, Arrangement by Jeong Myeong-soo, Sung by Kim Guk-hwan)

Songs composed by top domestic composers from poems by disabled poets, performed with beautiful harmonies by the Zelkova Male Chamber Choir

-Ambulance (Lyrics by Lee Sang-yeol, Music by Park Won-joon, Sung by Zelkova Male Chamber Choir)
-Prayer (Lyrics by Kim Ohk-jin, Music by Jeong Deok-gi, Sung by Zelkova Male Chamber Choir)
-Mother! How Is the Color of the Sky?" (Lyrics by Lee Jong-hyeong, Music by Park Na-ri, Sung by Zelkova Male Chamber Choir)

‘Poetry! Let's Play’ Campaign
For the promotion of disability literature, parts of poems are being made into card news and disseminated through social media and other platforms.

1. When the Twilight of My Life Comes

Kim Joon-yeop (Male, Cerebral Palsy)
When the twilight of my life comes
I will ask myself,
after living many days,
if I have loved people.

2. A Letter to You

Noh Cha-dol (Male, Cerebral Palsy)
I loved you, 
I love you, 
I will love you forever.

3. Morning

Lee Dae-woo (Male, Cerebral Palsy)
Even if living is exactly the same as yesterday,
morning is always the soft, pale skin of hope.

4. Forget-me-not

Han Byung-jin (Male, Cerebral Palsy)
I didn't know back then. 
If you were going to part this way, 
why didn’t you call it longing at that time?

5. Dementia

Hwang Seong-hwan (Male, Physical Disability)
Forgetting that we’ve parted, I yearn again.
Forgetting that we can’t meet, I yearn again.
Then, I soon express my sorrow.
Forgetting that I expressed it, I yearn again.

6. That Person

Kim Young-kwan (Male, Cerebral Palsy)
There is someone I miss.
There is someone I want to keep by my side.
There is someone I want to hold hands with and walk.

7. You Must Be My Spring

Han Seung-wan (Male, Physical Disability)
People say they feel fluttered when spring comes,
but I feel fluttered just seeing you.
You must be my spring.

8. You Are My Joy

Seol Mi-hee (Female, Cerebral Palsy)
You are my joy.
No matter how severe the hardships may be,
just thinking of you gives me
the hope to overcome them.

9. The World is All Hope

Choi Yoo-jin (Female, Cerebral Palsy)
Everything in the world is hope.
Winning with a smile,
winning with positivity,
and sharing with everyone.

 10. April’s Flowers

Kim Jong-sun (Male, Spinal Cord Injury)
Spring rain walking in with a late step
Penetrating deep into my heart,
the April spring rain
blooms as dew flowers on my eyelashes.