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Book SynopsisFirst English-language collection of award winning Misty poet Authoritative selection of work from the last 20 years Work included in the recent anthologies Push Open the Door (Copper Canyon Press, 2011) and Twentieth Century Chinese Women’s Poetry (M.E. Sharpe, 2009) Next title in the seminal Jintian series
Table of ContentsSomething Crosses My Mind I FEEL THE SUN 4 LOVE 6 I CAN’T SEE MY OWN LIGHT 8 THINKING THAT, THEN THINKING THIS 10 THOSE I DON’T KNOW I DON’T WANT TO KNOW 12 EARLY MORNING 14 SEEING POTATOES 16 FRAGILITY COMES QUICKLY 18 A RAG’S BETRAYAL 20 STARTING ANEW AS A POET 22 MOONLIGHT IS VERY WHITE 24 SILENT ALL THE WAY FROM BEIJING TO GUANGZHOU 26 GOING OUT TO PLANT SUNFLOWERS 28 CICADA CALL 30 THE WATERMELON’S SORROW 32 XU JINGYA SLEEPS 34 SEEING THE OCEAN FROM A NIGHT FLIGHT 36 NOVEMBER’S RICE-GLEANERS 38 WHAT WILL YOU HAVE TO DRINK 40 PLOWMAN 42 RELIGIOUS SHEEP 44 WHEAT SEEDLINGS 46 THAT WOMAN FELL 48 CARRYING PEANUTS 50 THE ONE LIFTING A LAMP IN FRONT OF THE MUD HUT 52 AT THE VILLAGE FAIR 54 SCARECROW IN A DRESS 56 THE DESCENDANTS OF THE CALLIGRAPHER SU DONGPO 58 WASHING WATER BUFFALO IN THE OCEAN 60 CROSSING YUNNAN 62 CROSSING GUANGXI 64 CROSSING GUIZHOU 66 DREAMING OF TIGERS 68 LOTUS POND GHOST MOONLIGHT 70 NIGHTS OF LIGHTNING 72 AT NIGHT WHAT’S INSIDE THE SKYSCRAPERS 74 THE FEELING OF FLYING 76 MEETING DEATH’S ENVOY ON A WINTER AFTERNOON 78 THAT MAN RETREATS INTO THE SHADOWS 80 THE ONE STICKING CLOSE TO THE WHITE WALL AS HE LEAVES 82 THE ONE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR ISN’T HERE 84 MOONLIGHT, NO. 1 86 MOONLIGHT, NO. 2 88 MOONLIGHT, NO. 3 90 TYPHOON, NO. 1 92 TYPHOON, NO. 2 94 FEAR 96 TRAIN PASSING THROUGH A MOONLIT NIGHT 104
