Tidal Flats in September

By Sang-Ok Shim

"Shim's poems are free from the sentimentality and self-pity often found in many Korean poets' works. They are also far from the solemnity that tends to make people tense up when they think of poetry. Her metaphors and expressions are sharp and light, and the language she employs is never lofty or obscure. As a result, her poems are easy and enjoyable to read-but that doesn't make them ordinary or generic.
Shim possesses an eye that sees what others overlook and a touch that senses what others cannot feel. Within landscapes or objects people tend to pass by without a second glance, she draws out and reveals what only she can see and touch-allowing the reader to see and feel it too. On e of the great virtues of her poetry is its ability to let us experience familiar things with new eyes, ears, and hands." - Poet Shin Kyung-rim

"The creatures that have emerged from me are elevated into works of art, where the freshness of objects, as contemplated through nature, is sublimated into cultural imagery. Such a perspective offers a profound sense of reassurance toward an ecological worldview. By presenting a world of perception and taste rich with the well-aged fragrance of humanity, it becomes a spring where vibrant emotion and lyricism harmonize. Only when a hand filled with love can confidently reach out to hold another, does it shine with even greater beauty. Along that stream, poetry and pottery flow together." -Poet and professor Heo Hyeong-man

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FL11CFG5
• ISBN13: 9798294953386
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"