Description
Book SynopsisA bilingual anthology of forty-eight Chinese poems from and about Taiwan, this title offers contrasting views of life in Taiwan. The topics include family and homeland, memory of war, social justice, and the natural world. They present the trauma, travails, and beauties of life, representing different generations, styles, and views and positions.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Map of Taiwan
Beautiful Island
Beautiful Island / Yang Huan
The Subtropics / Lin Hengtai
Communion between My Heart and the Island (five selections) / Duo Si
Hometown, You Are My Likeness / Su Shaolian
Infatuation / Wu Jingcheng
Sailing to Formosa / Xu Huizhi
My Island
Manuscript in a Bottle / Yang Mu
Fallen Leaves / Monaneng
My Island / Zhang Guozhi
Jinmen Gaoliang Spirits / Ji Xian
On the Island of Bijia / Yang Ze
Historical Memories
Discovering / Xiang Yang
On hearing the claim that "comfort women" were volunteers / Bai Ling
Wounded Mother Tongue / Lin Fan
Vermilion Cabinet / Du Ye
My Pen / Chen Xiuxi
The Orphan of Asia / Luo Dayou
Hometown Vignettes
Narrow-Gauge Train / Lu Hanxiu
Preface to Hometown Vignettes / Wu Sheng
Strange Tales of Nanjing Street / Chen Kehua
On the Train, Tied Up in Two Knots / Chen Li
Lake Dabi, April 21st / Chen Yizhi
Jigsaw Puzzle / Yan Ailin
Nostalgia for the Mainland
A Sick Man / Zeng Guihai
Two Trunks / Guan Guan
Wearing Chinese Clothes / Lin Yaode
The Sea / Luo Renling
Give Me Back My Homeland / Jiao Tong
Political Justice
The Promised Land / Wang Tianyuan
Fasting / Zheng Jiongming
The Square / Bai Qiu
Door / Jiang Xun
Nightmare / Li Minyong
Mountains and Rivers
Great Mountain at South Lake: A Sequence (two selections) / Zheng Chouyu
Central Ranges of Bear Cub Laheyuan / Liu Kexiang
Fresco on Mt. Ali / Luo Zhicheng
Upon Rising at Dawn, Gazing on the Central Mountain Range / Yang Han
Aria of Turtle Hill Island / Ling Yu
Social Critique
A Hymn to Hualian / Hong Hong
Flying Garbage / Shang Qin
Tomb Sweeping / Xu Wenwei
The Epitaph of a Meteorite / Zhan Che
I won't write poems for you anymore / Li Kuixian
Everyday Life
Husband-Gazing Stone / Walis Nogan
White Peony / Feng Qing
Changing Trains / Sun Weimin
A Bird Flies Past / Luo Fu
An Ordinary Song / Ya Xian
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