Korea Haiku Poets & Guest Poets

Poetry across forms and borders

OH INWOO

OH INWOO

Invited Poet
DomesticHaiku
Republic of Korea · Seoul
Korean · English · Japanese
Profile Oh In-woo (Ki-seok) is a writer who records everyday sensations and bodily memories, mainly through haiku and haiku prose. Beginning on the theatre stage, and later passing through the worlds of Indian dance and carpentry, he has translated the breath and rhythm of labor learned through the body into poetic language.
His haiku reveals the depth and warmth of life through small, concrete moments: the sound of water, the smell of rice, a cough, a breath. He continues to understand the world through sensation and to draw meaning from silence, exploring the subtle tremors of daily life and the texture of existence. Today, he moves between haiku and prose, recording the time he has lived and steadily reflecting on the place where body and language meet.
Representative Works (3)

Guest Work · Not entered in the official competition or awards.

English Translation

Sunny spring morning

A stretch surprise

The cat's sudden yawn

Translated by 안수현 /An Soohyun
Season wordSunny spring Season spring🌱