The Wall Street Journal published a four-part poem, “Closing Ceremony, Yuna Kim, Unceremonious Silver,” on its homepage on February 24 on the closing day of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. U.S. poet and playwright Kwame Dawes wrote the verse to mark the end of the Sochi Games. In the last stanza, the poet wrote for figure skater Kim Yuna, who won the silver medal in the ladies’ singles figure skating at the Sochi Games.

Dawes wrote words of encouragement and expressed his affection for Kim, who finished her world-leading figure skating career with a silver medal in Sochi and will now become a common citizen, unburdened by the pressure at the top.


The author subtitled the final part of the four-piece poem, “for Yuna Kim.”

After reading the poem, readers have posted more than 100 comments as of 2 p.m. on February 25 in Korea. Many of them wrote that they will miss, “Queen Yuna.” Some of them said that they watched her last performance with tears in their eyes.

A reader named Vanessa wrote, “I can’t see Queen any more in the arena. That makes me crying, your poetry makes me crying also. (sic)” Another reader, Jenny, said, “She is is a real heroine in the world!! (sic)”

To read the poem, click the link below. .
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/02/23/closing-ceremony-yuna-kim-unceremonious-silver-olympic-poetry/

By Jeon Han, Yoon Sojung
Korea.net Staff Writers
hanjeon@korea.kr