Yoon Park

Praise

Praise all these stories.
Praise the narratives we
tell ourselves, our children.

Praise the night.
Praise the night beneath
little black shell bodies.

Praise the waters
under the caps of my shoulders,
under consciousness.

Wrap real rain
around my finger, let it
sluice down the sidewalk.

Praise the parting
of eyes and the turning
of the sea, as they alter

my world.

Yoon Park is a dynamic high school student enrolled at Seoul Academy in Seoul, South Korea. She channels her creative energy into writing and visual art and finds joy in expressing herself through these mediums. Additionally, she has a passion for music and spends her spare time playing the piano or the guitar. She is the founder and chief editor of an anthology celebrating queer voices, Queering the Quill. Her poetry and visual art have been recognized by multiple literary magazines such as the Daphne Review, Sweet: A Literary Confection, and more. Her dedication to her craft has earned her recognition and admission into the prestigious Iowa Young Writers Studio, the Adroit Journal Summer Mentorship Program, and Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop.