I read you everyday under the starlight
A record of reading one person, every day, under the starlight. Longing and waiting, pressed into short lines.
View on Amazon ↗Writing the texture of emotion in the language of rain and wind, stars and sea. Two books on Amazon, and the lyrics of eight albums.
About
Polaris Barista writes prose, and writes lyrics. The air after rain, the wind heading out to sea, the back of someone you looked at for a long time — the work is to hold those hard-to-say moments in a single line. Two books and eight albums were all written that way.
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Books
Two collections of poetic prose, available on Amazon. Korean editions are coming soon.
A record of reading one person, every day, under the starlight. Longing and waiting, pressed into short lines.
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To love, to lose, and to decide to love again. A book about the courage it takes to begin once more.
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Music
Eight albums, with every lyric written by hand. Lyrical stories resting on jazz, folk and acoustic sound.
Release 2025.12.23
We cannot return to the innocence of childhood, yet we can still shine like stars. A song about setting down our roles and standing as our truest selves.
Release 2025.11.16
The moment of soaring against the wind, and the beauty of keeping just enough distance to keep looking at each other for a long time.
Release 2025.09.19
Like a scene from an old drama, a story moving between life and performance. One line stays quietly behind: life is a blessing, and so are you.
Commission
A single line destined to become a song. A piece of writing that carries your heart. A story that warms a brand. If you need words like these, just say hello.
Lyrics written to your melody or demo — matched not only in meaning, but in vowel, breath and phrasing.
Columns and features for magazines, media and brand publications — delivered as a finished piece, on subject, length and deadline.
Turning what a brand wants to say into human language, and finding the one line that stays.
Write to me and we will talk it through together.
FAQ
Song lyrics, contributed columns and features for media or brand publications, and brand stories and copy. For anything else, tell me the story and we can look at it together.
Email me the feeling and the situation you want to hold. We shape the first draft and direction together, and after revisions the final manuscript is delivered.
They depend on length, deadline and how the writing will be used, so we settle them by email. Include the timing you have in mind and I will let you know quickly whether it works.
Lyrics, contributed writing, brand stories. Just send me an email at the address below — I usually reply within a day or two.
Tell me the story you want to hold, the length you have in mind and your timing, and I can tell you sooner whether it works.