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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,
...

Chinese Female Poets: English Translations V

...CHINESE FEMALE POETS: ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Sung to the tune of “I Paint My Lips Red”
by an anonymous courtesan or Li Ch’ing-Chao
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

After swi...

Zhanaozen - 2

...2.Injured people.
Mourning land. Mourning mother!
Do not cry, stand strong our people!
Without trembling, let the wild wolf be,
Will it not heal its wounds with its tongue?
Did cruelty nest in t...

21 CENTURY MARKET OF SELLING A SOUL

...
Beloved, let me embrace you,
My touch sweeter than any virtual bliss,
In this digital space, filled with coded delights,
Let me revel in your pixelated perfection,
Tiger, let me embrace you,
M...

Prologue 3

...

   LizPiggo didn't answer, 
she just handed the money over to the 
Chinese lady and nestled into the quadruple 
wide booster seat the Chinese lady had placed 
for her. She liked LizPiggo. Liz...

She Shu and Her Dragon Pit

...She is a shy unassuming quiet girl, She Shu
We have known her for a year or two
A dragon named Pit adopted her one day
She keeps him by the pond, a little away

We have tried to ask about Pit of...

I Want To Be Your Pancake

...
You look so yummy
I want to see how you taste
Be my mu shu pork.
I'll wrap myself around you.
I want to be your pancake.
...

'mistew Powiceman'

...Hi, Mistew Powiceman!
  Hi kid. Wutcha doin' outside?
I'm just  pwaying hide-and-seek wif my fwends

Where's your mask, kid?
  In my pocket.  I stawted sweating.
Well, put it on again, ok?
  O...

The Moon As a Metaphor For Your Mouth

...The Moon as a Metaphor for Your Mouth
by Michael R. Burch

When I was closest to love, it did not seem
real at all, but a thing of such tenuous sweetness
it might dissolve in my mouth
like a lo...

You Never Listened

...You Never Listened
by Michael R. Burch
 
You never listened,
though each night the rain
wove its patterns again
and trembled and glistened...
 
You were not watching,
though each night the s...

Earth's Oldest Love Poem

...The Love Song Of Shu-Sin
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Darling of my heart, my belovéd, 
your enticements are sweet, sweeter than honey. 
Darling of my heart, my belovéd,...

Somewhere Out There

...SOMEWHERE OUT THERE

the sun
   shines
      somewhere ou t there
my
door
shu t
   blinds t oo
t all and
   green
the window shines
   as dusk
awakens
i
                               ...

Reality's Hymn

...Be-bop, shu-baby-bop,
  the blues on fire

The strings an accelerant,
  the harp but a pyre

The melody unseen,
  its heartbeat within

Be-bop, shu-baby-bop
  —reality’s hymn

(Villanova ...

In Front of the Decayed Tree, Numerous Trees Turn Green

...Shu and Chu are both remote and desolate areas 
Where I have lived in exile for twenty-three years. 
Nostalgic, I couldn’t help chanting the Reminiscent Song;
Now I return home a weathered man abs...

The Long Distance Is Like That Between the Neighbors

...In the land of Qin kingdoms does the capital lie,
While the Shu State looms far away in the mist.
We share the same feelings when we say goodbye,
For we both are in the same local official list.
...

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