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Most of the inventions are motivated to help and improve the inconveniences in our daily life. For instance, Ermal Fraze invented “pull tab” cans when he struggled to open a bottle of soda at a picnic with friends and family, Washington Sheffield was a dentist who invented toothpaste in a collapsible tube because he thought it was unsanitary to share the toothpaste in one jar with others, and Wayne Fromm thought of the idea of a selfie stick and commercialized it when he couldn’t find anybody to ask to take a picture for him because no one around him spoke English while traveling in Europe. The way straw was invented was the same. In 1888, Marvin Chesster Stone enjoyed drinking a cup of whiskey after working all day at a cigarette factory at Washington D.C. One day, he tried using natural ryegrass straw to sip his whiskey since he did not like how the taste of the whiskey changes with the warmth of his hands. However, he was not satisfied with the undesirable grassy flavor from the s...

Due to record-breaking heat waves and heavy rain, many people took their summer vacation somewhere local or stayed home. During vacation, we often find ourselves making plans to read a poetry book that seems thin and easy. But these plans rather make us experience the ‘paradox’ of finding ourselves immersed in a poem throughout the day. Poems are written based on colorful thoughts and emotions from keen observation with extraordinary eyes to give comfort and empathy to readers to enrich their lives. We can easily find ‘nature and ecology’ as frequently used materials from most influenced poets. Today, we would like to introduce two poems that reflect concerns about the environment and coexisting with other living creatures on this earth and criticisms of the selfishness of humans. “Farewell” by Jeongrok Lee First of all, let’s read a poem by one of the most influenced poets in Korea, Jeongrok Lee, called ‘Farewell,’ which is included in the 11th collection of the poet, ‘There ar...