Poetess Ms. Lee, Do yeon graduated from Busan Women's University and received the 2013 Quarterly Culture and Literature Time Newcomer Award. She served on the editorial board of the quarterly Culture and Literature Time, the editorial board of Dong-gu Newspaper, and as the secretary-general of the Busan Regional Committee of the International PEN Korea Headquarters. She published her poetry collections ‘The Road to Hope’ and ‘Life’s Road to You’. She has won the 11th Culture and Literature Time Best Picture Award, the 13th Culture and Literature Time Writer Award, the International PEN Korean Headquarters Busan PEN Literature Award Writer Award, the 14th White Lotus Poetry Recitation Award, and the Korea Culture and Arts Award (Tea Culture Education Award). She is currently the Vice President of the Busan Regional Committee of the International PEN Korea Headquarters, the Vice President of the Ieodo Literary Literature Association, and the Vice President of the Korean Association of World Literature.
DROOPING PLUM BLOSSOM
I fell in love with S-Line’s charm
I asked your name
drooping plum blossoms
It’s still winter
There are buds on the branches
To deliver spring news
A lot of time has passed since the first snow
Flower buds try to see the world first
Even if you just lightly touch the flower bud,
Looks like it’s about to explode
I look forward to it like a child’s laughter
When I think of seeing the beautiful flowers on each drooping branch,
I miss it like seeing a loved one.
- South Korea -