Volume 1: Kyunghee Kim

Artist's Statement: Poetry is prayer and perhaps that is how I stumbled on the art of reading and writing them. These words I hope are meditations on what becomes of grief over time, space, and memory. It encourages us to seek where does love begin and grief end? This is a small collection that is part of a larger collection in the works. About the artist: Kyunghee Kim is a public school educator turned poet and artist. She is a proud Korean American immigrant, creative writing teacher, coach for multi-passionate writers, wellbeing expert, and a speaker whose work focuses on exploring themes of loving and living in the complexities of loss. Her essays have appeared in HuffPost, Shondaland, and others. Kyunghee has created and taught workshops at GrieveWell, a local nonprofit in Ann Arbor, and collaborated with artists on various poetry readings, concerts, and art exhibitions. She is a believer in building community through art. Her first book, See Us Bloom, is a children’s poetry book and is out now. When not writing, you can find Kyunghee on a hike somewhere, eating Korean food, watching K-Drama, or doing yoga (also a certified yogi). She was born in South Korea, raised in a small town of Utica, Michigan, now lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan with her husband and sweet pup Rosemary. Her favorite title is being an emo (aunt).