Cloggie had this to say:

I think I’ve at least figured out the symbolism of why Min ho got hit on that crossing by the pesky motorbike and it actually makes me feel a lot better (less bitter) about it! So I thought I’d share it with you – my fellow sufferers…
What’s been bugging me from early on in this series is that Bo Young still reads poetry but no longer writes it. In the early stages of her infatuation with Min ho, she gives him poems that she’s written but she only ever gives Dr Ye other people’s poetry. Her own words have been silenced.
Look at what happens to Min ho. He’s spend a whole episode searching for a book and is going to confess with that book. With other people’s words. That isn’t good enough. He gets hit on the crossing, the book falls on the ground and there’s a lingering shot of it lying there.
So what’s the message? You need to write your own words. You need to be yourself and be brave enough to show what/who you really are. Not just quote another person’s poems.
I’m hoping that Min ho will step up and write her a poem. Or if Dr Ye and Bo young are end-game, she needs to write her own poem for him (he might not like it)

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Brava!

Yes, I intended to write about BoYoung’s poetry amnesia, too, but I had planned it for Sunday evening (or Monday morning, Asia time) to encourage Bo-Ho shippers to stay the course. It’s all about timing, you know, or “A good rain knows when to come.” 

But I’m glad you brought it up now.

You see, it happened in the movie too, “A Season of Good Rain.” The girl wanted the guy to start writing poetry again, like the ones he used to write when they were dating. When he returned to his hotel room, he briefly attempted to jot down his thoughts but hit a wall. He couldn’t write poetry because he had to RELEARN it, like the girl had to relearn how to ride a bike. I joked about this, right? You Who Forgot to Ride a Bike.

It struck me then that, similar to the architect/poet guy in the movie, Boyoung stifled her poetic expression after her one-sided love affair ended. She lost her “voice” after MinHo dumped her because he accused her of sending him goosebump-inducing poetry. She had WRITER’S BLOCK.

See here? This was deliberately misleading.

She was writing MinHo an ORIGINAL poem entitled, “One-Sided Love.” The poem being narrated in the voice-over, “One-Sided Love” by Lee Nam Il, had the same title as her composition. But it was NOT the poem she was writing. She was thinking of the words as she wrote them.

She used to write her own poetry to him. But after the rejection, her words were muted, and she began using other people’s words instead to express her feelings.

That was why, in Episode 2, she could only sigh and feel a KINDRED spirit with another poet who expressed her own thoughts. Remember? She was reading “A Fresh Start” by Oh Bo Young. She said, “Is it because her name is BoYoung, too? She knows exactly how I feel.”

Also, she no longer felt the urge to express herself, and she used her profession as an excuse. In Episode 11, at the bookstore, she told MinHo that she was jealous of a high school classmate who became a poet.

MH: Are you that jealous? Hey, start writing poetry then. You can be a poet, too.
BY: Forget it. I’m busy making a living. I’ve no time to write poetry. I’m happy enough to read them.

But I don’t buy her excuse. Defcon, too, is a busy radiologist, but he writes and shares his prose on the internet. To me, BoYoung’s real excuse is her fear of exposing herself to hurt once more.

That’s how the title of the poem applied to her. She too forgot about poetry. She could NOT write poetry anymore and settled with borrowing other people’s poems to express her emotions. That’s explains the words on her poster, “You Too.” Like, MinHo, she too forgot poetry when she stopped expressing her emotions in written language.

BTW, that’s the THIRD interpretation of the posters. Remember? I said that there were AT LEAST two interpretations, and I’d given two already. 😉 I was reserving the others for a more “timely” revelation. But here’s the third:

Dr. Ye: You have to look closely to find beauty…because you’ve closed yourself off from others.
MinHo: You have to look for a long time to love….because you rejected BoYoung.
BoYoung: You too!…because you also forgot poetry after MinHo rejected you.

**Note here. Dr Ye ALSO dumped BoYoung.

To be honest, I thought that his rejection was crueler than MinHo because her tears didn’t move him to pity and COMPASSION. He stuck to his guns that he wouldn’t date anybody in the hospital, although he knew that she was crying all day. Chief Dr. Yang couldn’t resist seeing BoYoung so depressed, but he was cold as stone.

Question 1: But why do his fangirls ignore Ye’s rejection and harp on MinHo’s rejection? Answer: When he does it, it’s adultery. When I do it, it’s romance. lol.

Question 2: So why is MinHo’s rejection of BoYoung MORE CONSEQUENTIAL, more SIGNIFICANT than Dr. Ye’s rejection? My answer: Because they’re the endgame. (ha!) MinHo’s rejection is THE rejection she can’t get over with.  With Ye’s rejection, she was able to look at it philosophically and “I plan to actually be okay, instead of pretending that I am.” She was calm.

But with MinHo, even if he had dumped her years ago, she still got triggered when he didn’t want to admit that he hugged her because he liked her. If she didn’t care for him, why should it matter why he hugged her?

To me, Minho’s rejection was the DEEPER “wound” and it scarred her. That was the wound she meant to heal alongside Ye’s own wound. Remember that line from the poem, “Wounds can only be healed alongside another wound.” She wasn’t “wounded” by Ye’s rejection, but she was still wounded by MinHo’s.

Like Dr. Kim’s ex-husband who was still baffled about her sudden reason for divorce,

BoYoung still couldn’t accept MinHo’s excuse that he didn’t like her because of her goosebump-inducing poetry.

It would pop up one now and then. Like in Episode 4, when she asked him if he really hated poetry.

BY: Hey, did you hate the poetry that much?
MH: Yeah I would have preferred any other kind of letter. Poetry gives me goosebumps.

And then in Episode 8, she wanted him to admit that he liked her. She asked why he hugged her and got mad when he didn’t want to admit that he liked her.

MH: No! I’m not crazy enough to like you.
BY: Then, why did you tell me not to like Dr. Ye?
MH: That was because I know you’re going to get hurt by his rejection. Dr. Ye is only being nice to you as a colleague, not as a man. I said that in your best interest.
BY: Oh, is that right? Is that why you called me a repeat offender and an ex-convict after I begged you not to say those things?
MH: Yes, I’m warning you not to like Dr. Ye, okay?
BY: Why did you hug me then?
MH: Well…that was because I couldn’t keep my balance. Anyway I’m sorry about that part.

Then, in Episode 11, she asked him why he kept following her.

MH: I don’t get poetry, no matter how much I read it. If they’re lonely or happy, they should just say so. Why do they have to beat around the bush like this?
BY: Why did you follow me there then?
MH: I only came because I knew I’d be bored at home.

lol. Boyoung was trying to tell him that he, too, was just as AMBIGUOUS as the poems he’d been complaining about. Poems may equivocate and wiffle-waffle around the main point in the same way that he was good at beating around the bush, and avoiding saying the obvious.

MinHo’s actions belied his words. They didn’t add up and BoYoung knew this. On one hand, he hugged her and followed her around, but on the other hand, he refused to attach deeper meaning to his hugs and downplayed his shadowing her around. He made silly explanations like he “couldn’t keep his balance” or he’d “nothing better to do at home.”

After their time spent at the beach, of course, Boyoung would want MinHo to ADMIT his changed feelings for her. It’s only natural to do so. She would know that no guy would do that for just anybody, hence the poem “Old Flame,” but he hadn’t said anything after the beach trip.

To me this gift of hers was ironic.

She wanted him to learn how to appreciate poetry and get in touch with his feelings. But she should have first questioned herself WHY she wanted him to learn to appreciate poetry and get in touch with his feelings.