[2] Seong Changyeong debuted with the poem “Miyeol” in the literary magazine Arts and Literature (Munhak yesul) in 1956, going on to publish "Amudo nareul”, "Monologue of Da Vinci" (Davinchiui dokbaek) and "Midwife Grandmother" (Samsin Halmeoni).
Seong's first collection of poetry was titled A Fugue for Burning (Hwahyeong dunjugok, 1966); he also published Ode to Insects (Beollesorisong, 1970), Song for Time (Siganeum, 1982), The Eyes of the Soul and the Eyes of the Body (Yeonghonui Nun Yukcheui Nun, 1986), The Enchanted Green (Hwangholhan Cholokbitt, 1989), and A Tribute to the Pine Tree (Sonamureul Girim, 1991).
[4] Of Seong Changyeong's poetry, the Korea Literature Translation Institute writes: Sung Chan-gyeong is a modernist poet in the truest sense of the word.
[5]Because of just this writing style, in addition to the rapid progress and buildup of language and the use of largely unfamiliar images, Sung’s poetry is often considered to be difficult to understand.
[5]Seong's best-known work in Korean is a series of poems entitled The Screw Bolt, in which he tried to find nature in the artifacts of civilization.