Service95 Recommends is the home of the books we love and reviews from our contributors. Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok is a collection of aphorisms taken from Lee Seong-bok’s lectures collected by his students.
What We Say: “‘Inflorescence is the order in which flowers bloom on a stem.’ So begins this study on the art of poetry from Lee Seong-bok, considered one of South Korea’s greatest living poets. A small gem of a book, it offers 470 short mediations that can serve as pearls of wisdom to aspiring poets – and as micro-poems in their own right. Skilfully translated into English by Booker Prize-winning translator Anton Hur” – Maria Padget
What They Say: “A brilliant and beautiful book; new required reading for all of us as we continue on in our life-long study of poetry and the world” — Andrew McMillan
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Maria Padget is Service95 Book Club Director
