Blue Deer school

[1] Through the celebration of the natural beauty of their country, they heralded there the national awakening after some four decades of Japanese repression.

Though the poets differ from each other in terms of poetic orientation and expression, technique and rhythm, they share the common theme of celebrating human aspirations and values.

The anthology was named after a poem by one of the participants, Park Mok-wol.

From his Blue Deer, a work of pure lyricism, grows the suggested anticipation of the coming spring after the long years of occupation.

There at Cha Ha Mountain when spring snows melt