Reading and coming to love books again are a few of the highlights of the ongoing drama When The Weather is Fine. The location and the actors revolve around the Goodnight Bookstore. Seo Kang Joon shows how to enjoy the scenery and a cup of coffee with his favorite book.
He also introduces the special book club and how they enjoy their bonding time each week. Each member looks forward to their chance of reading their favorite poem. They may also pick a book and take out a favorite paragraph to read aloud. The drama series gives joy to any book lovers and who loves reading. Nowadays, as modern technology invades the traditional way, holding a piece of a book doesn't always happen.
Seo Kang Joon introduces books and poems in each episode. This also introduces Park Min Young when she comes to work in the bookstore. Supporting actors also do the same: Pick a book, introduce the title and read out a favorite line.
One of the actors Myung Yeo is a famous author who stopped writing novels due to her painful past. If you may notice, after each episode, Seo Kang Joon, who plays the character of Eun-Seob, will read a piece of poem or novel that relates to the story. The poems are short yet touching and express his feelings or each event. Episode 1 to 4 gives more emphasis on book authors and titles that anyone may take note and check on it.
Let's go back and read each poem that is worth your time to ponder.
Every Day, A Glass of Poetry (2019)
Author: Ko Jeong-hee at al.
Publisher: BLC (Book Log Company)
Eun-Seob wakes up every morning and makes his own coffee with cold-sunny weather. He picks up a book and steps outside to get ready on the porch. In episode 2, Hye Won arrived and Eun-Seob gave her his own cup of coffee. Eun-Seob starts to open and read the book "Every Day, A Glass of Poetry."
Every Day, A Glass of Poetry is a compilation of poems and short stories (2019) from different popular South Korean poets. The book allows each person to enjoy verses that relate to their day to day life. Many people prefer to have the book as a personal collection or either the best gift for a loved one.
"Small Love Song"
Author: Hwang Tong-Gyu
I received a letter which held yesterday
The path that had always trailed behind you suddenly disappeared, and everything that wasn't the path went with it
Scattered stones which played with us as kids hide away their faces
I love you, I love you and in the cold, clear night sky
I see the steady cracking of gold
A thin snow fails
Unable to settle anywhere on the ground, a pair of flakes close their eyes and tremble as they drift together endlessly
Get to know the Eun-Seob's favorite tale that expresses his loneliness.
"The Wolf's Silver Eyelash"
Once upon a time, there lived a boy. People would hurt him all the time. Because he was innocent, people always deceived or betrayed him. One day, he met a wolf on a mountain. Giving one of his eyelashes to the boy, the wolf said, "try looking at people through this silver eyelash of mine. It'll make you see who they really are." Sly monkeys, cunning foxes, mean pigs, and evil raccoons. The boy saw no real people in the world. In the end, he decided to look for a place where real people live.
Did he find such a place?
No. He could not find any place where real people lived. So the boy eventually lived alone in loneliness and died.
