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꽃은 색과 향으로 말을 한다
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꽃은 서로 아름다움을 낳고
서로 꽃을 걷어 간다
꽃밭에 드니
모든 꽃이 다 나를 반긴다
흔들리는 꽃도 있고
지는 꽃도 있고
시든 꽃도 있다
그 자리에서 피고
그 자리에서 진다
꽃이 나를 반기듯 아름답고
꽃이 향기로 말을 한다
꽃은 자신을 불태우며 아름다워진다
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2022. 8. 30
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시인의 말 ················································································· 4
서문 ·························································································· 6

1부 봄의 여신
모란꽃 ···················································································· 16
진달래꽃 ················································································· 17
산수유山茱萸············································································ 18
수선화 ···················································································· 19
복수초福壽草············································································ 20
자운영紫雲英············································································ 21
찔레꽃 ···················································································· 22
라일락 ···················································································· 23
산목련 ···················································································· 24
동백꽃 ···················································································· 25
장다리꽃 ················································································· 26
백목련白木蓮············································································ 27
물봉선화 ················································································· 28
까마중 ···················································································· 29
자주달개비 ············································································· 30
수수꽃다리 ············································································· 31
풍접초클레오메 ·········································································· 32
박태기나무 ············································································· 33
생강나무 ················································································· 34

2부 들에는 산에는
달맞이꽃월견초 ········································································· 36
개망초 ···················································································· 37
자목련 ···················································································· 38
금강초롱꽃 ············································································· 39
나팔꽃 ·················································································· 40
쪽동백 ···················································································· 41
콩꽃 ························································································ 42
능소화 ···················································································· 43
석류꽃石榴··············································································· 44
제비꽃 ···················································································· 45
붓꽃 ························································································ 46
패랭이꽃 ················································································· 47
수국水菊·················································································· 48
연꽃 ······················································································ 49
사과꽃 ···················································································· 50
산사꽃 ···················································································· 51
함박꽃 ···················································································· 52
옥잠화玉簪花············································································ 53
감자꽃 2 ················································································ 54
자귀꽃 ···················································································· 55
조팝나무 ················································································· 56

3부 흙 담 돌담 길
접시꽃 ···················································································· 58
시계꽃 ···················································································· 59
바람꽃 ···················································································· 60
보리수꽃 ················································································· 61
치자꽃 ···················································································· 62
할미꽃 ···················································································· 63
노랑어리연 ············································································· 64
타래난초 ················································································· 65
꽃마리 ···················································································· 66
노각나무꽃 ············································································· 67
안개꽃 ···················································································· 68
끈끈이 대나물 ········································································ 69
두루미풀 ················································································· 70
꿀풀 ······················································································· 71
기린초 ··················································································· 72
골무꽃 ···················································································· 73
꽃아카시아 ············································································· 74
접시꽃 2 ················································································ 75
물망초 ···················································································· 76

4부 고향산천
복사꽃 ···················································································· 78
감자꽃 ···················································································· 79
감꽃 ······················································································· 80
담배꽃 ···················································································· 81
분꽃 ························································································ 82
민들레꽃 ················································································· 83
씀바귀 ···················································································· 84
애기똥풀 ················································································· 85
해당화 ···················································································· 86
마로니에marronnier ·································································· 87
꽈리꽃 ···················································································· 88
야고 ························································································ 89
귀룽나무 ··············································································· 90
배롱나무 ················································································· 91
병꽃나무 ················································································· 92
달래꽃 ···················································································· 93
쥐똥나무 ················································································· 94
투구꽃 ···················································································· 95
감자꽃 4 ················································································ 96

5부 오솔길 구름길
산수국 ···················································································· 98
물양귀비 ················································································· 99
가지꽃 ·················································································· 100
뚝깔꽃 ·················································································· 101
개별꽃 ·················································································· 102
물푸레나무 ··········································································· 103
말나리 ·················································································· 104
개미취 ·················································································· 105
부처꽃 ·················································································· 106
싸리꽃 ·················································································· 107
해바라기 꽃 ·········································································· 108
원추리 ·················································································· 109
뱀무 ······················································································ 110
감자꽃 3 ··············································································· 111
냉초 ····················································································· 112
부들 ····················································································· 113
닭의장풀 ··············································································· 114
백화등 ·················································································· 115
선괭이밥 ··············································································· 116

6부 바람길 냇길
메밀꽃 ·················································································· 118
봉선화 ·················································································· 119
유채꽃 ·················································································· 120
부용꽃 ·················································································· 121
산부추꽃 ··············································································· 122
금낭화 ·················································································· 123
섬초롱꽃 ··············································································· 124
앵두꽃 ·················································································· 125
도라지꽃 ··············································································· 126
등꽃 ······················································································ 127
에키높스Echinops ···································································· 128
뚱딴지꽃 ··············································································· 129
으아리꽃Clematis ···································································· 130
빅토리아 수련Victoria amazonica ············································· 131

꽃들의 속삭임이 주는 창조적 판타지

- 지율 이정록(시인, 교수, 문학평론가)

2021년 한용운문학상 공모전에 응모하여 시성의 경지라는 계관부문에서 최우수상을 서창원 시인은 수상하였다. 그는 현재 샘터문예대학 총장이자 샘문그룹 고문이기도 한 서창원 시인이 이번에 제9시집을 상제한다. 그는 1954년에 명문대학교인 고려대학교 국어국문학과에 입학하여 1957년에 졸업한 후 건국대학교 행정대학원 도시계획학과를 졸업한 후 일본 나고야 UN지역센터 지역계획학을 전공하는 유학을 하였다.
그 후 박정희 대통령이 추진하는 경제개발 계획에 대통령에 브레인으로 경부고속도로 등 국가 국토건설종합계획을 수행하며 국토연구원 수석연구원, 국토건설종합계획심의회 전문위원, 경제기획원 지역경제위원, 최종 국토연구원 연구위원을 마지막으로 40년간 국토개발, 산업화에 큰 업적을 남기고 퇴임하였다. 국가기록보관소에 그의 논문이 24권이 보관되어 있다고 한다.
서창원 시인이 국가의 부름을 받고 대통령 브레인으로서 피골이 보틀 때까지 혹사를 당하고 나서 40년이 지나고 나서야 은퇴를 하고 나니 자신의 꿈이자 달란트였던 시문학은 사망 직전에 이르러서 60대 중반이 넘은 나이에 인생 제2막으로서 시를 쓰려고 하니 너무 힘들어서 포기할까도 생각을 하면서 수없이 방황하였다고 한다. 그러나 그는 좌절하지 않고 새벽 3시면은 기상하여 명상 후 다시 붓을 잡아 지금은 출간을 기다리는 원고가 450권이 넘는다. 본 필자가 서창원 시인 병문안을 하려 자택을 방문하였을 때 필자의 눈으로 목격하고 그 많은 원고들을 두루 살펴보았기 때문에 명징明澄한 논픽션이다.

시인은 깔끔하고 세밀하며 늘 말없이 내면의 소리에 귀기울이는 참다운 시의 말을 붙잡기 위하여 힘을 쓴다. 그러나 말을 할 때는 다정다감하고 큰 소리도 내지 않고 조용한 외유내강형이다. 시인은 이미 독창적인 시론집인 「포에트리 파라다이스」를 출간하여 네이버 선정 베스트셀러, 교보문고 선정 베스트셀러로 한 후로도 2권에 시집이 베스트셀러를 한 시인이 이번에는 제8시집 풍마에 이어 제9시집 「들에는 산에는 꽃이피네 꽃이지네」를 출간하는데, 이 시집은 꽃들을 불러모아서 속삭이는 대화들로 가득 차 있다. 우리는 이 시집에서 시인과 함께 주위에서 자주 보는 꽃들을 만나고 대화한다.
어떤 꽃들은 기쁨과 설레임, 그리움과 사랑을 갖게 하는가하면 어떤 꽃들은 슬픔과 고독을 이야기한다. 시인은 우리로 하여금 꽃들이 우리에게 보내는 메시지를 듣도록 초대한다.
우리의 주위에 꽃들은 많이 와 있었으나 우리는 그 꽃들의 사연에는 관심이 없었다. 그것은 우리들의 무심함 때문이었을 테지만 시인의 초대에 따라 우리는 꽃들과 만나게 되었다.
한 꽃을 만날 때마다 그 꽃의 사연을 듣고 공감하고 소통한다.
우리가 모르는 꽃들도 있고 아는 꽃들도 있다. 순전히 시인의 중개로 우리는 꽃들의 존재에 가까이 다가간다. 시인은 꽃들의 사진을 하나 하나 우리에게 보여 주면서 어떻게 생긴 꽃인지 알게 해준다. 그런 의미에서 이 시집은 꽃들의 생태에도 귀중한 정보를 제공하면서도 그것을 문예적으로 창조하고 있다. 아마 이것이 서창원 시인만의 독특한 발상에서 나오는 시집 기획이 아니었을까 추측해 볼 수 있겠다.
서창원 시인은 꽃의 이미지를 가지고 정서를 깊이 그리면서도 간결하게 표현하였는데 깔끔하면서도 서정의 깊이를 더해준다. 우리는 서창원 시인의 이번 시집을 통해서 꽃을 이해함으로써 우리 주위의 사물에 대해 눈을 뜨게 된다. 사물은 우리들의 친구이다. 사물은 그 자리에서 우리에게 끊임없이 눈짓하고 다가왔으나 우리는 거기에 응하지 못했다. 그러나 시인의 꽃에 대한 깊은 사랑과 그 소통으로 우리의 메마른 가슴을 적셔준다. 사물에 대한 이해와 그것의 문학적 해석, 창조적 상상은 즐겁다. 서창원 시인 특유의 경쾌함의 미학이 이 시집에서도 보여지는 것은 아마 한 편 한 편의 시가 지니는 간결미와 슬픔과 고뇌, 고독마저도 희석하는 것은 바로 꽃에 근접하여 얻은 생명력일 것이다.
꽃은 환희의 말 없는 미소요, 꽃은 생명의 상징이다. 결실을 맺기 전에 피어난 꽃들은 시적 언어의 잔치로 바뀐다. 시인이 이루어낸 이번 시집에서 꽃들은 언어가 되고 시가 되고 그 속에서 강한 메시지를 정서와 사물을 통해 전달한다. 꽃은 코노테이션과 디노테이션의 메시지 전달 구조를 통해서 우리에게 다가와 말을 걸어 주었다. 이 한 권은 시인이 만났던 꽃들의 속삭임이며 그 속삭임을 그대로 전달하려 하였겠지만, 시적 언어를 통해서 이차적 메시지 전달을 한다. 이 독특한 시집의 창조적 전략은 거기에서 빛난다. 슬픔과 고독, 상처마저도 꽃이 지니는 환희 속에서 녹아나며 가볍게 흐른다. 마치 생명이 흐르듯이 꽃들의 이야기가 흐른다. 그 속으로 우리는 서창원 시인의 손을 잡고 간다. 한 권의 시집이 지향하는 목표가 뚜렷하게 보여지는 이 시집은 많은 사람들에게 공감을 불러일으키리라 생각된다.
꽃들이 걸어와 친구가 되고 이웃이 된다. 그것처럼 사람들 간에도 서로 소통하고 공감하며 귀를 기울이고 꽃이 주는 기쁨을 나누었으면 좋겠고 사랑의 눈짓과 말을 전달해 주기를 우리는 기대한다. 이 시집이 삭막한 도시 생활을 윤택하게 하고 노동의 현장에서 지친 많은 이들에게 위로가 되길 기대한다. 그리고 노년들에게 기쁨의 선사하는 시집이 되길 바라마지 않는다. 수고하셨다고 말씀드리고 싶고 시집의 출간을 격하게 축하드리며 독자들로부터 큰 사랑받기를 기원한다.

서창원 시인

고려대학교 국어국문학과
건국대학교 행정대학원 도시계획학과
일본 나고야 UN지역센터
지역계획과정 수료
고려대학교 평생교육원 시창작과정 수료 (16~17기)
국가상훈인물대전 문화예술부문 등재
한국스토리문인협회 초대회장
샘터문예대학 총장(현)
월간 <스토리문학> 등단
40여 년간 - 국토개발연구 및 평가수행 (국토연구원)
국토계획특급기술자, 도시계획 특급기술자
한국문인협회 회원
국제펜 한국본부 회원
문학그룹 샘문 고문
베스트셀러 시인
한용운문학상 수상 (계관-시부문)