Chinese Female Poets: English Translations VI
...CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS
Creamy Melons
by Chao Luan-Luan
translation by Michael R. Burch
Scented with talcum, moist with perspiration,
like pegs of jade inlaid in a harp,
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Categories:
fei, body, flower, girl, sorrow,
Form: Free verse
A Great Deal
.../? fju? ???rs g?n/
/? fju? m??r ?u?rs/
/ænd ?n?ð?r wi?k g?n/
/?u?r ju?? iz slipin ?wei in ju?slesn?s/
/wi m?ust t?im kænt st?p k?mpleinin ?v ?u?r fi?rs/
/mi?nw?il, ?u?r ?il?nd ?r in?ndeit wi? k?...
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Categories:
fei, 1st grade, anger, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
Good and Bad
..."Shih" translates into Good
as "Fei" becomes Bad.
And so moral textured oppositions
continue:
Right and Wrong
Healthy and Pathological
True and False
Win and Lose
Healing peace and Punishing revenge
Yang and Yin
distin...
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Categories:
fei, earth, health, integrity, nature,
Form: Political Verse
Glowing Early Nature
...F-ine
E-ffulgence
I-solates
F-og
U-nder
G-lowing
E-arly
N-ature
Topic: Birthday of Fei Fugen (December 06)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...
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Categories:
fei, birthday,
Form: Acrostic
My Chinese Daughter
...To Hugo Shen Fei
MY CHINESE DAUGHTER
There is no face
Reflection of a thousand years
That can take her place
A face that...
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Categories:
fei, daughter, love, thank you,
Form: Rhyme