The Road Away, Kim Sowol

Kim Sowol, tr. by David R. McCann, from The Silence of Love: Twentieth-century Korean Poetry; “Bicycle”

[Text ID: “transfixed by the thought of seeing you.”]

Invocación a la muerte

(el poema qué recita el rey Lee Gon)

Dorama: Rey Eterno Monarca

Poema: Kim Sowol

El ático de Ganimedes

초혼

산산이 부서진 이름이여!

허공 중(虛空中)에 헤어진 이름이여!

불러도 주인(主人) 없는 이름이여!

부르다가 내가 죽을 이름이여!

심중(心中)에 남아 있는 말 한 마디는

끝끝내 마저 하지 못하였구나.

사랑하던 그 사람이여!

사랑하던 그 사람이여!

붉은 해는 서산(西山) 마루에 걸리었다.

사슴의 무리도 슬피 운다.

떨어져 나가 앉은 산(山) 위에서

나는 그대의 이름을 부르노라.

설움에 겹도록 부르노라.

sheridan le fanu // jr korpa // bell hooks // elena bond // sue zhao // kim sowol // andre dubus // christian raffin // william carlos williams // tony belobrajdic // juliette drouet

Jindallae Kkot (Azalea Flowers)

When you feel disgusted looking at me..

And if you feel like leaving me..

I will let you go without whining a word..

I will go to Yongbyon's Yaksan (Mountain)..

I will bring an armful of azaleas(flower)..

I will lay the azalea flowers on the path you'd take..

Softly, lightly,

take one step after another on the fresh flowers..

as you're going away..

You may go away if you feel disgusted looking at me..

I will not let a single tear drop fall..

I'd rather die if you leave me, though..

one of the things Dr. Brain was good for. i haven’t heard many Korean folk songs but now i know this one and i love it

Soloist SEO SEJUN debuted at the beginning of last year with the critically acclaimed mini-album, NEW GAME, which achieved immediate success. The album sold nearly half a million copies, and his debut song, MELODY, took home seven music show wins. He followed this up a few months later with another EP, to much of the same success. His meteoric rise to fame and fortune is an obvious by-product of the little over a year he spent in 1V1, a fan-formed group from survival show Last Act. By the end of their fifteen-month temporary contract, 1V1 was on even ground with the show’s winners, ENCORE, having sold over a million copies with their first and last full-length album.

The ten months since his last music release have come as a surprise. While it was obvious he wouldn’t maintain the breakneck pace of 1V1’s releases, the quick turnaround between his first two albums seemed like a promising sign. Now, it looks like those signs were misplaced.

That isn’t to say Sejun has spent the last ten months in radio silence. He’s active as a model and an influencer, gracing the covers of Vogue and Elle Korea to name some examples. He also co-wrote the debut album of former group member KIM CHAN late last year. When it comes to his own music career, he seems to have become completely inept.

With each passing day, it becomes increasingly evident he’s moved on to greener pastures: his streaming career. Sejun’s Twitch and personal YouTube channels 세유화 (SEYUHWA)—a portmanteau of his name and Kim Sowol’s poem “산유화”—made their debuts last summer. Since then, he’s streamed almost every day, sometimes for ten to twelve hours at a time. He spends most of that time playing video games—namely Overwatch 2—and occasionally engaging in the usual parasocial conversations with fans. Given that his appearance on Last Act and 1V1’s entire concept both revolved around video games, it was only a matter of time before his solo career did the same. Inheriting the group concept is not enough, Sejun needs to wholly embody it.

From an outside perspective, C Entertainment appears to support his new ventures. His streams sometimes features his manager, KWON INSOO, as a gaming partner rather than a supervisor. Sejun has yet to speak out or complain about his new management. Knowing his propensity for talking shit, his complaints would be known if he had complaints to make. Viewers were also quick to notice that he seems to be happier and more animated streaming than in either of his solo promotional periods, leading fans to wonder if he still wants to be an idol.

Not everyone is as enthusiastic as he is for his new career. He gained notoriety during Last Act after a recording of him flaming his League of Legends teammates in voice chat surfaced. Although tame by gaming standards, it was not the best look for an idol hopeful. Similar controversies would continue to plague him throughout his time in 1V1, though they did nothing to hinder the group’s success. With his freedom to apparently do whatever he chooses, Sejun has once again found himself the target of those who dislike his disregard for an idol image. Some of his streams also feature former 1V1 member ALEX KANG, who retired from the entertainment industry after the group’s disbandment. Though these collaborations were once celebrated by casual kpop fans and die-hard Supports—1V1’s fandom name—alike, Alex’s insistence on distancing himself from the kpop industry and his tendency to ban people in his Twitch chat who ask too many questions about his idol experience have furthered soured some netizens’ opinion of Sejun.

When asked about the state of his music career or if he’s preparing for a comeback, Sejun is uncharacteristically vague. In responses to comments on his Instagram posts of his latest brand deals, he's “working on it” and hopes fans will “wait a little longer.” He elaborated a bit further on streams, assuring fans it isn’t the fault of his management like many of them assume, but rather his own choices. He doesn’t say much more on the topic.

For now, there's nothing for fans to do but wait as he's asked.

You can't help but moan when she rubs her pussy against yours. Her clit rubbing and massaging your sensitive pearl as she thrusts her wet core against your soaking vulva, making both of your breasts bounce.

"You're getting wetter when I rub my pussy against yours. You like it don't you? You're such a fucking slut for me." You can hear her voice getting more inaudible, you don't know if it's because of her hard grip on your neck or if it's the drowning pleasure of you and her scissoring that make you see stars. This is just too much, but you know she won't let you go. She'll make sure you won't be able to walk for a day :)

MARY KIM, MITSUKI SOMA, SERA SHIN, CRYSTAL CHOI, SOWOL JIN

2022;

read this year;

books;

— the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald — first term at malory towers by enid blyton — second form at malory towers by enid blyton — third year at malory towers by enid blyton — upper fourth at malory towers by enid blyton — in the fifth at malory towers by enid blyton — last term by enid blyton — jane eyre by charlotte brontë — the atlas six by olivie blake — daughter of the deep by rick riordan — the glass town game by catherynne m. valente — six of crows by leigh bardugo — sweet bean paste by sukegawa durian — antagonick by anne carson — the song of achilles by madeline miller — one last stop by casey mcquiston — the tenant of wildfell hall by anne brontë — the merchant of venice by william shakespeare — her royal highness by rachel hawkins — dekada '70 by lualhati bautista — anna and the french kiss by stephanie perkins — aphorisms on love and hate by friedrich nietzsche — florante at laura by francisco balagtas — royal diaries: anastasia, the last grand duchess by carolyn meyer — diary of a mad old man by tanizaki jun'ichirō — in a grove by akutagawa ryūnosuke — death register by akutagawa ryūnosuke — the life of a stupid man by akutagawa ryūnosuke — japanese tales of mystery and imagination by edogawa rampo

poems;

— abaude with burning city by ocean vuong — ozymandias by percy shelley — les roses de saâdi by marceline desbordes-valmore — the river merchant's wife: a letter by li po — moonlit night by tu fu — fish shop by matsuo bashō — prayer for the hungry by willibrordus surendra broto — mokkye market by shin kyong-nim — this soiled sorrow by nakahara chūya — ariettes oubliees by paul verlaine — a une femme by paul verlaine — a quoi bon dire by charlotte mew — un grand sommeil noir by paul verlaine — caling the spirit by kim sowol — marina by t.s. elliott — o saisons, o chateaux by arthur rimbaud

graphic novels;

— on a sunbeam by tillie walden — les miserables (manga classics) by victor hugo, tszmei lee

Azaleas, Kim Sowol 김소월

Kim Sowol, tr. by David R. McCann, from The Silence of Love: Twentieth-century Korean Poetry; “Azaleas”

[Text ID: “When you leave, / weary of me, / without a word I shall gently let you go. / When you leave, / weary of me, / though I die, I’ll not let one tear fall.”]

Incapaz de olvidar

Incapaz de olvidar, recuerdas tu amor;

Sin embargo, deja que la vida pase, aunque con dolor.

Algún día podrás olvidarlo.

Incapaz de olvidar, recuerdas tu amor;

Sin embargo, sólo apuesta por los años para escapar.

Incapaz de olvidar, aún puede olvidar un poco.

Poema de Kim Sowol

Han Yong Un, tr. by Sammy E. Solberg, from The Silence of Love: Twentieth-Century Korean Poetry, "The path is stopped"

Kim Sowol, tr. by David R. McCann, from The Silence of Love: Twentieth-Century Korean Poetry, "Azaleas"

What is your reason for doing that?

You were sitting alone by the stream

The green grass was sprouting

And the water was splashing from the spring breeze.

You promised that even if you go,

you won’t be gone forever.

That is what you promised.

I sit by the stream each day

and think about something endlessly.

When you promised that even if you go,

you won’t be gone forever,

were you asking me not to forget you?

-Kim Sowol

"The Stream"