Sijo and Sijo-song: Korea's Poetry Form with Lucy Park

Event Date: April 25, 2026 (3PM)

In celebration of Poetry Month, you will learn about Sijo, Korean poetic form and create Sijo-songs using your own Sijo or winning entries from the Sejong Cultural Society's Sijo contest.

Lucy Park, author of the Sijo: Korea's Poetry Form and executive director of the Sejong Cultural Society, will lead a Sijo workshop and introduce a various Sijo-songs, from traditional Sijo-Chang (時調唱), boasting a 700-years history, to modern Sijo-song pieces created using the AI-based music production program Suno.

Lucy Park is the Executive Director of the Sejong Cultural Society, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization. A sijo poet, she has been teaching this traditional Korean poetry form for over 15 years across the United States. Her book, SIJO: Korea's Poetry Form, was awarded the Franklin Buchanan Prize by the Association for Asian Studies for its excellence as an outstanding instructional resource.

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