21st Century Chinese Poetry No 5 eBook Ye Zhou Steven Townsend Michael Soper Meifu Wang
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NEW EDITION, JAN 2018. Please visit us at ModernChinesePoetry.com for sample poems.
These are unusual times. These poets are tale-tellers of their world. Their poems are for real people.
The quarterly journal of 21st Century Chinese Poetry was founded with the intention of introducing modern Chinese poetry to readers worldwide. Please enjoy with us the evolution and revolution of the making of modern Chinese poetry.
Modern Chinese poetry was born from the broader intellectual movement that took place in China in the early part of the 20th century, known as the May-Fourth Movement (1917-1921); for the first time in history, vernacular Chinese was accepted as a legitimate poetic voice. Since then, nearly a century has passed by and this poetic experiment hasn't stopped evolving but only accelerated recently because of the easy exchange of styles and ideas over cyberspace. This is an eye-opening, exciting and even confounding experience for both the poets and the readers.
The editor-and-translator team of 21st Century Chinese Poetry selects some of the best poems written in Chinese by today's poets from all geographical areas. This issue includes 25 poems by 8 poets.
21st Century Chinese Poetry No 5 eBook Ye Zhou Steven Townsend Michael Soper Meifu Wang
Just as Chinese art is fast becoming a focal point in the Western art world, so it is with the poetry that is coming out of China. This excellent collection is by a solid group of Chinese poets who are writing today and they have been brought to the English language by the chief editor of this book and poet Meifu Wang along with the talents of Michael Truman Soper who is not only a poet in his own right but also able to translate the Chinese poems into English and Steven Townsend, another poet and translator of poetry from French, Spanish and Italian.The poetry is on the surface fragile and of the earth, soft and meditative, but among the poets here are works that deal with raw reality and do so succinctly and with great style. The best introduction is to offer some samples:
ON THE ROAD by Ye Zhou
Butterflies fly freely.
A fish churns in salt and seeks water;
it's clear the ocean is a free place.
In southern Gansu, there are heavenly clouds
and faithful herds of animals.
Shepherds sing their songs freely.
----On the road, I met you
with my free spirit.
When believers walk up the hill,
they walk in free summer air.
Did someone build dreams for his love?
Did someone write poetry to record life's turning points?
As if a revolution has met its hero,
that's how a jumble of words are when they see
the light of penetrating logic.
----On the road, the wind is unconstrained
just like truth and liberty.
My ten lonely fingers
hold up dead ashes,
but the memory of the fire runs free,
an old book is opened again, free to read.
The night is dark, but the bat is darker;
youth is free in him.
We must let the shouting crowd
come to revolution square
because the world is a free place.
---On the road, we encounter truth again and again;
our eyes are free to see.
But a treacherous love affair, its story
is tied down in chains----
Communism is free, but not our memory!
Art is free, but our burning lips are not!!
ON SUNDAYS by Ren Xianqing
This is the day
for you to unlock the cage of worldly desires
and eat whatever captures your fancy.
Toss and turn all you want and snore
or train your fingers and eyes
to embroider colorful lace for life.
If you can't stand to see empty cups,
feel free to get drunk at breakfast or lunch.
Afterwards, take a stroll
through the city square or the market
or even go on a picnic
for birdsongs and a few handfuls of fresh air,
but return before the moon grows faint.
Return then, so you would have
to sow the seeds of words
and watch them grow into a spring field.
PAPER FLOWERS by Peng Shibin
Those dainty paper flowers,
each gives out a different fragrance;
so lively and poised,
ethereal and alluring.
I hear bells, not from cats or dogs unrelated to me;
it's music, played by some human hand.
What a surprise! I want to turn around.
But a wall separates all merriment from my lonely world.
Here I am to contemplate life,
about life before life,
about now and the past,
but who knows about tomorrow?
White paper flowers, tricolor paper flowers,
all shaped into blooms by warm human hands.
A wind bows, spreading their sweet scents.
They will root anywhere and will never wilt.
The more of this exquisite poetry we read the more we want to see the world the way these poets see it. There are political ramifications here, that is true, but overriding it all is the sensitivity of being at one with nature and incorporating the natural world into our corporal being. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 12
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21st Century Chinese Poetry No 5 eBook Ye Zhou Steven Townsend Michael Soper Meifu Wang Reviews
Just as Chinese art is fast becoming a focal point in the Western art world, so it is with the poetry that is coming out of China. This excellent collection is by a solid group of Chinese poets who are writing today and they have been brought to the English language by the chief editor of this book and poet Meifu Wang along with the talents of Michael Truman Soper who is not only a poet in his own right but also able to translate the Chinese poems into English and Steven Townsend, another poet and translator of poetry from French, Spanish and Italian.
The poetry is on the surface fragile and of the earth, soft and meditative, but among the poets here are works that deal with raw reality and do so succinctly and with great style. The best introduction is to offer some samples
ON THE ROAD by Ye Zhou
Butterflies fly freely.
A fish churns in salt and seeks water;
it's clear the ocean is a free place.
In southern Gansu, there are heavenly clouds
and faithful herds of animals.
Shepherds sing their songs freely.
----On the road, I met you
with my free spirit.
When believers walk up the hill,
they walk in free summer air.
Did someone build dreams for his love?
Did someone write poetry to record life's turning points?
As if a revolution has met its hero,
that's how a jumble of words are when they see
the light of penetrating logic.
----On the road, the wind is unconstrained
just like truth and liberty.
My ten lonely fingers
hold up dead ashes,
but the memory of the fire runs free,
an old book is opened again, free to read.
The night is dark, but the bat is darker;
youth is free in him.
We must let the shouting crowd
come to revolution square
because the world is a free place.
---On the road, we encounter truth again and again;
our eyes are free to see.
But a treacherous love affair, its story
is tied down in chains----
Communism is free, but not our memory!
Art is free, but our burning lips are not!!
ON SUNDAYS by Ren Xianqing
This is the day
for you to unlock the cage of worldly desires
and eat whatever captures your fancy.
Toss and turn all you want and snore
or train your fingers and eyes
to embroider colorful lace for life.
If you can't stand to see empty cups,
feel free to get drunk at breakfast or lunch.
Afterwards, take a stroll
through the city square or the market
or even go on a picnic
for birdsongs and a few handfuls of fresh air,
but return before the moon grows faint.
Return then, so you would have
to sow the seeds of words
and watch them grow into a spring field.
PAPER FLOWERS by Peng Shibin
Those dainty paper flowers,
each gives out a different fragrance;
so lively and poised,
ethereal and alluring.
I hear bells, not from cats or dogs unrelated to me;
it's music, played by some human hand.
What a surprise! I want to turn around.
But a wall separates all merriment from my lonely world.
Here I am to contemplate life,
about life before life,
about now and the past,
but who knows about tomorrow?
White paper flowers, tricolor paper flowers,
all shaped into blooms by warm human hands.
A wind bows, spreading their sweet scents.
They will root anywhere and will never wilt.
The more of this exquisite poetry we read the more we want to see the world the way these poets see it. There are political ramifications here, that is true, but overriding it all is the sensitivity of being at one with nature and incorporating the natural world into our corporal being. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 12
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