	The early poems of Kim Kwang-lim, included in his poetry collection "Sorrow of a Grafted Tree" ("Sangsimhaneun jeommok") published by Baekjasa in 1959, overflow with the raw pain and suffering endured as a result of the Korean War. After the armistice in 1953, Kim's poems evince a diminished attention to issues pertaining to the war or Korean society in general and a growing interest in describing phenomena, with a focus on visual imagery.