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4月 15, 2022
Meng Sheng
WEISSE TRAUERFARBE
Heuer schneit es sehr spät.
Heut früh ist die ganze Stadt weiß.
Ich geh mit Mama zum Morgengebet,
in der Kirche sind nur ein paar alte Frauen,
die murmeln mit gesenkten Köpfen.
Eine Alte steht da
mit großen Augen und weißen Haaren.
Sie schaut mich an, stumm.
Dann sagt sie, ich seh wie ihr Sohn aus.
Sie sagt, ihr Sohn sei vor ein paar Tagen gestorben.
Sie sei hier, um zu beten.
Sie wolle mir ein Geheimnis anvertrauen.
Sie macht ein geheimnisvolles Gesicht.
Ich beug mich zu ihr.
“Heute ist ein Weißes Begräbnis!”
Sie schaut sich um
und schließt die Augen.
Mir kommt es so vor, als wollte sie sagen,
“Gott ist gestorben.”
Übersetzt von MW im April 2022
新世纪诗典第12季，NPC4月16日，4029首，1245人。孟升（安徽）日
《新诗典》小档案：孟升，安徽阜阳人，2001年生，现就读淮南师范学院，傲夫诗社成员。写作者。
伊沙推荐：我刚心说：在校大学生再不见出人的话，上我《现代诗写作》课的第二届亲学生就要杀出来了！便读到本诗，一个字：好！来自于傲夫诗社，是的，对年轻的习诗者来说，周遭小环境相当重要，遇得对，少走弯路，直奔大道。
马金山｜读孟升的诗《白事》的十一条：
1、环境是一切作品的源泉；
2、对于写作，选对路子，才有可能写出经典，当然，这是我此刻的心境，或许到了明天，又不全是了；
3、孟升，安徽阜阳人，2001年生，现就读淮南师范学院，傲夫诗社成员。写作者；
4、通过伊沙推荐语，得知本诗作者来自傲夫诗社，这个当下极具平民化和先锋性的诗歌平台，不得不说，傲夫诗社，同样在通往普世的诗歌路上，愈发成熟与矫健；
5、本诗在一个到数个情节之中，显现出语言的多维空间和神秘感，既充斥着生命的气息，又隐含着人生悲惨的苦痛，融合进自然的现象，暗藏着生命的气息，沉实而冷峻；
6、诗中的细节部分，像极了一个个电影镜头，徐徐展开，隐隐于身心之间，透出淡淡的忧伤和人与人之间朴实无华的情感关系；
7、尤其是老人的话，点亮全诗，既含着多重色彩，又表现出某种特定的心境，特别是白发人送黑发人这一现象，不由得叫人泪目；
8、标题《白事》，道出了诗的核心含义，尤其是在晚雪下白全城，给诗平添了一层浓重感，让人不由内心一阵悲凉；
9、如果非得提出一点什么的话，那就是“她说”，在语言，或者现实场景的处理上，显得过于粗糙，庞杂，是不是再简洁一点，会更好；
10、本诗给予诗人的启示：“写出个体命运，即意味着写出了共同体的命运”；
11、命运之诗、画面之诗、悲痛之诗。
【亚坤评诗】
白事
作者｜孟升
(内容详见新诗典今日推送)
哇！忍不住赞叹感慨！这首诗的质感太特别了，语言太好了，真好！
当我得知作者是2001年生人，并且是傲夫诗社成员时，除了赞叹，我心里还很高兴，为年轻一代高兴，为傲夫诗社高兴。
作者这么年轻，起点就这么高，更重要的是诗感还这么好，语言也非常有现代质感，这很难得。
从诗中我甚至能感受到作者的“诗歌审美”和“语言匠心”。这是一位有自我独特语感和内部精神空间的年轻诗人。(我的个人感觉。当然，还需要接下来更多的诗去验证。)
期待作者更多的作品。
回到本诗，说几句。
在我看来，这首诗能称得上是“精神纯诗”。
我没想到一个00后，能写出这种深厚精神纯度的诗！中国当代诗，需要更多这样的年轻人，需要更多类似这种“内醒”和“审美”走向的诗！
按照我的观点(也仅仅是我的观点)，口语诗在语言之“白”这个系统中，已经做得非常到位了。现在，是要往“白”这个系统里添加“颜色”的时候了。
当然，这里有个核心前提，“语言之白”是否提纯并释放的很干净。这需要夜以继日，千百诗文的“提升”和“锻造”。
这首诗的标题“白事”也非常具有“精神性”。甚至，有一种阔远的神性。(这是由诗中作者的诗歌语言烘托出来的感觉)
“白事”本身其实是个比较普通而常见的“题材”。但在这首诗中，标题“白事”和诗中的“今天有白事”(老人附在作者耳边小声说的话，也是这首诗的“眼睛”，是其精神内核)形成了一种“精神互指”。
这基本拉深了这首诗的“生命意味”和“精神深度”。
这首诗除了语言细节非常出彩外，它的整体叙述也非常精彩。
仔细读，能读出其内部的节奏感，甚至连安静又压制的语气都能读出来。
这种独特的“语言质感”给这首“生命大诗”披上了“幽微的心灵细节”。画面、语言、形式、节奏、质感、内容、精神都有了！
它甚至还有“深度文化反思”。结尾部分直接上升到了“宗教诘问”！
真是一首好诗！
(马亚坤.2022.04.15.上海)
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2月 21, 2022
Li Liuyang
ALTER BAUM
alter baum alter baum
stein da war fleisch
kunst knüpf in ein buch
wasch es mit blut
zusammen der glaube
Übersetzt von MW im Februar 2022
新世纪诗典11，女诗人小辑之六，NPC2022年2月21日，3976首，1241人。第9个李柳杨（海南）日
《新诗典》小档案：李柳杨，双鱼座，著名白日梦专家，著有小说集《没有玫瑰的街道》。
伊沙推荐：总觉得李柳杨的诗有些词大于物，但愿不是绕开了物直接捣鼓词，那就太危险了。这首有点意思，写出了质感，也是这个理儿。
况禹点评《新诗典》李柳杨《古树》:李柳杨这两年致力于小说写作，能同时坚持诗歌，实属难得。虽说世界文学史上不少大家都是诗歌小说“两门抱”，但小说思维与诗歌思维终归是两个劲儿，对作者的拉扯非实践者不能体验。本诗外形类似寓言，实则是作者自身的领悟。好在如此。
【亚坤评诗】
古树
作者｜李柳杨
(内容详见新诗典今日推送)
说实话，这首诗我也不知道该怎么评。这并不妨碍它是一首好诗。
我想了想，这其实也很正常。也就是说并不需要每首诗都依靠自我感觉去砸碎它，去细评。
这种自我感觉也不一定可靠，大部分时候，它可能只对自己有效。
就独特性而言，这首诗，如李柳杨其它的诗一样，是一首很有自我特点的“大诗”。
本诗涉及到一个很宏大的主题。既有身体的部分，亦有精神的部分。既有时间的沉思，亦有历史的追溯。既有哲学的思考，亦有宗教的反思。既有艺术的诘问，又有政治的隐喻。
当然，你也可以说我多想了。也许这首诗写的只是一种感觉！基于个人经验上的“生命感觉”。
再多说几句。
李柳杨是90后，既写诗也写小说。她是一个感觉型的诗人，最起码目前是。我很想看到更多她落到“实处”和“生活”的诗！我保持期待！
(马亚坤.2022.02.20.上海)
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2月 19, 2022
You Ruoxin
EDGE OF HISTORY
My desk neighbor,
to get ahead of me next term
at the history exams,
bought a roll of toilet paper on Taobao,
printed with the main points of history.
One day when she didn’t pay attention,
I ripped off a square
and ran to the bathroom.
Just when I returned to class,
she who would never leave the room,
flew at me, chasing me
all through the corridor.
1/21/22
Tr. MW in February 2022
新世纪诗典11，女诗人小辑之五，NPC2022年2月20日，3975首，1241人。第26个游若昕（福建）日
《新诗典》小档案：游若昕，女，2006年出生，2012年开始诗歌创作。现就读于福建省宁德市高级中学。曾获第四届李白诗歌奖入围奖（2015）、第七届李白诗歌奖金诗奖（2018年），2021年获评《新世纪诗典》新世纪中国十大女诗人。系中国口语诗年鉴编委。在《诗歌月刊》《作品》《诗潮》《青春》《读诗》《边缘艺术》《雨露风》《鹿鸣》《新大陆诗刊》等海内外刊物发表诗作，作品被译成英语、德语、韩语、日语、阿拉伯语、西班牙语、俄语等。
伊沙推荐：游若昕是《新诗典》所推出的最有才华、实力与成就的少年诗人，随着年龄的增长，她不可避免地来到了蜕变期。在诗上给人的印象：感觉上的新鲜感少了，知性在增强，但还远远没有多到能够制造新的新鲜，这个蜕变期一定不会在短时期结束，甚至会带来困惑与痛苦一一这一切我都经历过，我的建议是在以学习为主的正常生活中自然解决问题，学习最忙（譬如高考之年）时可以暂停写诗。
况禹点评《新诗典》游若昕《历史的一角》:有喜感。喜感背后起支撑的，仍是我们熟悉的内地学校教育所特有的气息。只是这次镜头太近，已近乎“偷拍”——这就是“诗人卧底”所带来的效果。本诗属于纯写实，与作者以往那种想象力跳脱式的写法不太一样，但游若昕就是游若昕，即便写实也还是比旁人多出不少生趣来。
黎雪梅读《新世纪诗典》之游若昕《历史的一角》: 这是若昕版《同桌的你》，虽写的是求学的日常，细细品味，却别有一番滋味在心头，它不是一般的酸甜苦辣，有着青苹果的清甜与纯净；满是纯真无邪的少年情怀与深挚的同窗之情，也许若干年后回想起来嘴角依然会微微上扬。这样的记录不仅仅是当年的情景再现，更是自己一段青春岁月与生命情感的密码，在漫漫的人生长河中的尤显得弥足珍贵。
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1月 6, 2020
RAVENNA
All sorts of bands
and flowers and strands
and lines and motifs
lie intertwined
beneath the old church
of Santa Eufemia.
Take a close look,
they are dancing,
the lines and so on.
A big Roman house
with courtyards and tiles
all over the floors.
A dance of the seasons.
They say Summer is missing,
or maybe it’s Spring,
holding Winter’s hand,
like Autumn does
on the other side.
Winter is wrapped in blue,
around the head too.
Crooked lines come out
above the head.
Is it a fool?
They say it’s grass,
maybe reeds.
And there is a shepherd,
the second big mosaic,
also with a pan-flute.
Two storeys above
is the old city.
This city below was the western capital
of the Byzantine empire
among other things.
Then there is Dante,
buried in a mound
overgrown with green leaves
all-year round
in 1944 and 1945,
German hell-hounds were loose.
Maybe one year
his bones were in there,
the shape of the mound
reminded me of an old poetess
in China in Xi’an, formerly Chang’an,
the old capital.
Cai Wenji was her name.
Her mound is much bigger,
and very well kept,
much in contrast to all the graves
of famous male poets.
She was politically very important.
Back in Ravenna
in winter
wrapped against the cold
we move on
to our next monument.
MW December 30, 2019
NEON
Neon reigned in 452.
No, this was the year
they built the mosaics
the wonderful dome
under bishop Neon.
It’s the Orthodox baptistery.
Much more elaborate
than the Arian one
across the old city.
Each apostle is named.
Most have a beard.
Simon looks like a woman.
The Arian dome
has only one throne
and here there are four,
they are all empty too
but there are also four books
in between, the four gospels.
Blessed are those whose iniquities
and sins are remitted,
says one inscription.
MW December 30, 2019
IVORY THRONE
The ivory throne
was for Bishop Maximian,
550 or something.
Joseph and his brothers.
Jesus feeds 5000 people.
The annunciation,
the water test
for Mary’s virginity.
What was that exactly?
Carved panels in different sizes
all around the back and on the sides.
Blank parts in between,
maybe panels are missing.
Ebony covered with ivory.
Somewhere in the museum
with Saint Andrew’s chapel,
wonderful mosaics.
Then in the afternoon
Saint Apollinaire in Classe.
Classe was the harbour
of the Roman fleet
and the main port
until the ninth century.
The church is huge,
and there were more,
there is a museum
in the sugar factory,
closed in 1982.
The sea isn’t far.
MW December 30, 2019
SAN VITALE IN RAVENNA
You know right away
you are in a place of worship.
In this way it’s like the Alhambra.
At least I hope the Alhambra retains it,
haven’t been there for 38 years.
A sense of awe
and exultation,
no matter how many people,
how many tourists.
Very big, very grand, spacious.
Filigree columns, needlework stone.
Very very high, many arches.
Mosaics.
Some of the best ones
in this splendid city.
A sacred place.
Stay.
The whole city is sacred.
Drink,
try to retain
some of this beauty.
MW December 31st, 2019
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4月 26, 2019
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE HUMAN?
what does it mean to be human?
what does it mean to be alive?
means you’re not dead yet.
means you can ask superfluous questions.
goddammit, every animal knows
what it means to be an animal.
right?
our children are growing up
discovering love
they always had love, but
any animal knows this is different.
they are bewildered by their own bodies.
again, this has gone on for a while,
it just grows more acute,
and again, every animal knows.
goddammit,
what a luxury question.
what does it mean
to be mean?
not the golden mean.
everyone knows what it means to be mean.
he’s in the news
and on the news every day.
to be human
means to have rights.
doesn’t it?
1947, UN-declaration,
two people from China
worked on it.
Animal rights.
Post about dying whales,
you’ll get 1000s of likes,
about people, oh well.
I want to call this poem
stupid question.
Thank you!
Now go forth and profligate,
or whatever.
MW April 3, 2019
ALWAYS ONLY THE CULTURE
always
always only
always only the
always only the culture
always only the culture
always only the cultural
revolution
always only the cultural
revolution
since 1966
always only the cultural
revolution
always only the cultural
revolution
always only the culture
always only the culture
always only the
always only
always
not the famine
but
but still
but still also
the tens of millions
starved to death
but
but still
but still also
but still also
the terror
the totalitarian
terror
“totalitarian” is in dictionaries
and in chinese search engines
china is hardly
mentioned at all
as neighbor of the soviet union
and in art
in the art
of the cultural revolution
always only the culture
always only the culture
hannah arendt
died in 1975
before the end
of the cultural revolution
in the last edition she saw
of her seminal work
origins of totalitarianism
at least in the german edition
she mentioned china
in the cultural revolution
hardly anyone mentioned the famine
always only the culture
always only the culture
but
but still
but still also
the terror
the terror
pinochet
pol pot
kissinger
who downed more
who did more
who bombed more
1979, democracy wall
in beijing
since 1979
capitalism
reigns supreme
the party reigns supreme
through capitalism
or the other way
through kaputalism
or the other way
everything demolished developed
and demolished again
or the other way
of course only in china
but
but still
but still also
always only the culture
always only the culture
always only the
always only
always
always
MW March-April 2019
IMMER NUR DIE KULTUR
immer
immer nur
immer nur die
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die kultur-
revolution
immer nur die kultur-
revolution
seit 1966
immer nur die kultur-
revolution
immer nur die kultur-
revolution
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die
immer nur
immer
nicht die hungersnot
oder
oder doch
oder doch auch
die zig millionen
hungertoten
oder
oder doch
oder doch auch
der terror
der terror der
totalitären herrschaft
“totalitär” gibt es in wörterbüchern
und in chinesischen suchmaschinen
china wird dabei höchstens
ganz wenig gestreift
als nachbarstaat der sowjetunion
und in der kunst
der bildenden kunst
der kulturrevolution
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die kultur
hannah arendt
ist 1975 gestorben
also vor dem ende
der kulturrevolution
in der letzten auflage ihres hauptwerks
ursprünge und elemente totalitärer herrschaft
erwähnt sie china
in der kulturrevolution
kaum jemand sprach damals von hungersnot
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die kultur
oder
oder doch
oder doch auch
der terror
der terror
pinochet
pol pot
kissinger
wer hat mehr
wer hat mehr
wer hat mehr bombadiert
1979 war die mauer der demokratie
in peking
seit 1979
regiert der kapitalismus
die partei regiert
mithilfe des kapitalismus
und umgekehrt
mithilfe des kaputtalismus
und umgekehrt
es wird kaputt gemacht und neu gebaut
und wieder kaputt gemacht
und umgekehrt
natürlich nur in china
oder
oder doch
oder doch auch
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die kultur
immer nur die
immer nur
immer
immer
MW März 2019
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2月 22, 2019
Photo by Gudrun Kollegger
CHURCH
In the middle of the altar
behind and above
is a Chinese center.
Must be a coincidence.
The Middle Kingdom.
Probably some kind of cross.
It’s a big church.
Maybe they even thought of
the big one in Istanbul
where Christianity started
to matter in a very big way
with the first Christian emperor.
Until they destroyed it,
the crusaders
when they sacked
the Eastern beacon
of Christendom.
I wonder what they thought
when they built this big church
in the 19th century
in this worker’s district.
Today
a conference begins
in the Vatican
about rape
and other sexual crimes
perpetrated by priests.
I guess there is hope
right there in the middle.
Let us pray.
MW February 2019
Photo by Gudrun Kollegger
标签：austria, characters, Chinese, church, coincidence, Europe, Favoriten, history, Istanbul, Mediterranean, memory, peace, people, poetry, reflection, religion, St. Anton, symbols, Vienna, war, writing
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12月 24, 2018
Wang Qingrang
HE HAS CHRISTMAS TOO
in the night before christmas
out on park street
in a beggar’s bowl
there are several
red apples
Translated by MW in December 2018
Wang Qingrang
ER HAT AUCH EIN FEST
in der heiligen nacht
auf der huayuan-straße
liegen in einer bettelschale
auf einmal ein paar
rote äpfel
Übersetzt von MW im Dezember 2018
伊沙主持 | 新世纪诗典8一周联展（2018.12.16——12.22）
标签：beggar, Christmas, city, custom, 王清让, food, history, holidays, life, memory, NPC, people, poetry, red, religion, society, street, town, tradition, Wang Qingrang, 新世纪詩典
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10月 31, 2018
MAJORCA
majorca feels like taiwan
makes me homesick
at one in the morning
some kind of scent, maybe jasmine
rain
we arrive in a rainstorm
lots of rain next day
tired
sky isn’t dark but it rains
and now there is sun
just a little
and it still rains
then it stops for a while
almost
MW October 2018
MAJORCA 2
first snow has fallen
somewhere in the mountains
it’s still october
we hear it on german island news
in a supermarket
also a tree has fallen somewhere
and caused some damage
half of the supermarket is wine
a pirate statue among the bottles
the roman ruins have a good timeline
local culture peaked around 600 bc
then came the romans
then came keith richards
and diego maradona
in between came the arabs not to forget
we ate pizza at the same place
it was really good
after keith or was it ron wood
came everyone else
wifi still doesn’t work
in our apartment
the air-condition-heating
gives me a headache
the air outside must still be wonderful
two girls swam in the pool downstairs today
maybe the rain stopped for 5 minutes
people swam at the beach
of port alcudia
there was a lifeguard
in a raincoat
it’s a beautiful island
MW October 2018
MALLORCA 3
just a little bit of sun
in the afternoon
on our last day
yesterday we climbed the local hill
hope the goats are ok
a little goat slipped and fell
running from us
got up no problem, mama was waiting
I discovered a bird sanctuary
right next to the big local supermarket
maia carved a pumpkin
jackie cooked a good dinner
we had fun, the four of us
I was sick in the night
and in the morning
Leo too, now he’s fine
we are in the hotel
everyone says the rain is too much
at least it’s not like in the east
people died from the floods
here it’s normal I guess
more or less
we have to pack
and leave early tomorrow
when it’s still dark
MW October 2018
标签：alcohol, Alcudia, beach, culture, Europe, food, Halloween, history, island, Mallorca, memory, mountains, news, Pollensa, rain, snow, Spain, storm, swimming, taiwan, weather
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7月 29, 2018
ALLGEMEINE ERKLÄRUNG DER MENSCHENRECHTE
(u.a. für den Österreichischen Bundespräsidenten Alexander van der Bellen)
.
ALLGEMEINE ERKLÄRUNG DER MENSCHENRECHTE
alle menschen sind f
alle menschen sind ff
alle menschen sind fff
alle menschen sind fffr
alle menschen sind fffrr
alle menschen sind fffrrr
ei!!!
geboren
als vogel,
als wild.
alle haben dieselben würdenträger
und die gleichen rechten
von geburt an. nicht wahr?
alle sind mit vernunft begabt
und mit gewissen,
außer dem innenminister.
sie sollen einander begegnen
in brüderlichkeit. ach ja. 1948.
nach dem krieg
nach der shoah
auch zwei chinesen waren dabei.
muss man die menschenrechte erklären?
muss man oder frau die menschen erklären?
wahrscheinlich schon immer in jeder familie
in jedem dorf oder haushalt
jeder und jedem
an jedem sonn-und feiertag,
an jedem werktag.
1948
1984
2018
2081
und so weiter in alle ewigkeit amen.
MW Juli 2018
.
.
标签：art, asia, austria, birds, birth, brotherhood, brothers, civil rights, civil society, civilians, civilization, conscience, declaration, Europe, explanation, family, game, government, history, human rights, humanity, humans, international relations, language, life, mankind, manunkind not, memory, ministers, ministry, peace, poetry, politics, president, reason, representation, representations, representative, repression, revolution, rightists, society, speech, sunday, UN, United Nations, war, work
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2月 20, 2018
Zhang Xiaoyun
KINDERARBEIT
In Luang Prabang im Menghe-Hotel abgestiegen,
dann Abendessen im Sichuan-Laden.
Kellner sind hautsächlich Teenagerinnen.
Die Chefin aus Yibing erklärt:
In Laos gibt es überhaupt keine Altersbeschränkung,
also sei das keine
Kinderarbeit.
2018-01-04
Übersetzt von MW im Februar 2018
标签：children, china, hotel, Laos, law, NPC, protection, restaurant, rights, teenagers, travel, work, Zhang Xiaoyun, 张小云, 新世纪诗典
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9月 30, 2017
Yi Sha
NATIONAL DAY
In all these years
there is one national day
I can‘t seem to forget.
Three years ago
I was in Vermont.
Only once you have passed
your National Day abroad,
only then you know:
You are thinking of your own country,
not just your family.
You are missing its reeking
insecure
sense of security.
Sept. 30, 2017
Translated by MW, Sept. 30, 2017
《国庆节》
多年以来
最难忘的国庆节
还是三年前
我在美国佛蒙特
只有在异国他乡
度一次国庆
你才会晓得
你在想念祖国
而不仅仅是想家
想念它臭哄哄的
安全感
不安全的安全感
2017
标签：abroad, america, country, day, family, feelings, holiday, home, nation, people, security, stink, vermont, Vermont Studio Center, VSC, yi sha, 伊沙
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8月 18, 2017
SAGRADA FAMILIA
there is hope.
we are still building.
if we may,
we may take centuries
of common era
of common errors.
concrete is clumsy,
all our efforts.
it’ll take time.
MW July 2017
标签：Barcelona, building, building sites, centuries, common, concrete, efforts, era, error, Europe, faith, family, history, hope, memory, people, religion, Spain, time
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8月 15, 2017
EIFFEL TOWER
Going up the Eiffel tower
means walking up all the way
to the second platform
if you don’t have a ticket beforehand
and want to wait in the shortest line
at the south tier, which still takes an hour.
That is after you stood in line
and went through security
to get onto the square under the tower.
So the line takes an hour at least.
Then it costs 7 Euro per adult, 5 if you’re under 19,
3 under 10. That’s for walking up.
And we had walked all the way from the Louvre.
Through the Tuileries, took a left at the Obelisk
to get over the Seine. The Orangerie museum
looks interesting. We had already seen sculptures
by Germaine Richier and others in the Tuileries park.
I remember a sculpture by her in Bilbao at the art museum.
Would have loved to get a closer look in the Tuileries,
but they don’t let you walk on the grass. Weird sculptures,
not at all like the one in Bilbao. We had of course seen the Venus of Milo
and the winged Nike of Samothrake. No, those aren’t cereals.
And a hermaphrodite, son of Hermes and Aphrodite,
merged with a Nymph by Zeus at her urgent request.
Yes, male and female organs. Many, many Aphrodites,
many clothed, actually. Artemis, Pallas,
and all the men. Marsyas, soon to be flayed.
Not to speak of the paintings. Or the old Egypt stuff,
very well organized, shows daily life, work
and many, many details
from 4000 years ago and so on. Better than in Vienna.
Lots of busts and other stuff from Palmyra,
many other places in Syria. Yemen, too.
A whole room from Palmyra.
Anyway, up on the Eiffel tower.
Thousands of people up there at night.
Very special feeling. We had lunched in the park,
there is a place with benches on a little hill
very close to the tower. Yuhuan started sketching,
Including the lamppost in front of us. Everyone else flew
paper planes and ate and drank what was there
from the small supermarket
around the corner. Lunch at seven thirty or eight.
We came home to the hotel at two o’clock in the morning.
Subway at Bir Hakeim, not very close.
But interesting and working late. Some people get in free.
We are content with smuggling in a small child every time.
People ask for centimes when they’re asking for money.
Very polite, actually. Centimes, from the old currency.
Probably means fifty Euro cents now. I think one was asking for less
when I had my hands full this morning with groceries from the bakery
after getting up before noon. No, you don’t really notice
the permanent state of emergency
more than the propaganda for 2024,
for the Olympics. They made a deal with Los Angeles, right?
One comes first, one four years later.
Whatever. Should really eat something now.
MW August 2017
标签：art, capitalism, Eiffel tower, emergency, Europe, exercise, food, France, gender, gods, history, industry, life, memory, olympic games, paper, Paris, planes, poetry, politics, propaganda, religion, sex, sketching, state, subway, Syria, terror, time, tourism, tower, travel, war
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8月 15, 2017
MONA LISA
the smiling one
is well protected
she hangs forever
in a brand-new prison
supported by Nippon Television
visited daily
by millions of people
all of them mortal
no-one cares if they smile
except some of them
for a very short while
MW August 2017
标签：art, death, famous, France, history, La Joconde, life, Louvre, media, memory, painting, Paris, people, poetry, prison, protection, smile, society, time, TV
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6月 4, 2017
端午不按照阴历
已经很烦
年年端午
都是六四
不按照阴厤
儿童节类似
在海外网上
昨天星期日
带孩子们玩
中国端午节
五月底年年
重复信息
因为没办法
昨天跟朋友玩
朋友妻子去世
最近意外去世
他们不会中文
但喜欢杜甫
把杜甫当流亡作家
妻子教中学拉丁文
奥维德也被流放
他们用德语版本
几乎象散文
但节奏不错,也很清楚
丈夫很喜欢朗读
昨天跟他们玩
三口人,原来四口
一共七个人
玩得很愉快
同时也难过
就是没办法
2017.5.29
标签：1989, austria, china, classical poetry, death, education, Europe, friends, fun, grief, history, information, literature, memory, poetry
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3月 8, 2017
Feminist Group Applauded, Criticized After Censorship
Feminist Group’s Weibo Shuttered
三八女权节来了！盘点这些年中国女权主义者做过的25件好事
三八女权节来了！盘点这些年中国女权主义者做过的25件好事
三八女权节来了！盘点这些年中国女权主义者做过的25件好事
“Busy Hating” in German.
(English version and explanations see China Change)
STRESS!
Morgens hass ich die USA,
zu Mittag Südkorea,
am Abend Japan.
Ich bin sehr beschäftigt mit Taiwan und Singapur.
Dann träum ich von Vietnam und den Philippinen.
Montag gegen Südkorea,
Dienstag gegen Japan,
Mittwoch USA,
Donnerstag unabhängiges Taiwan,
Freitag aufmüpfiges Hongkong,
Samstag undankbares Tibet,
Sonntag fromme Uighuren.
Wir haben viel Arbeit.
Alles Andere muss warten!
Übersetzt von MW im März 2017
See also this statement:
标签：activists, busy, china, China Change, countries, demonstrations, doggerel, gender, Hong Kong, Korea, nation, nations, patriotism, Philippines, poetry, politics, protests, rights, Singapore, stress, taiwan, tibet, Uighurs, USA, Vietnam, women, Women's Day, Xinjiang
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12月 10, 2016
HOW MANY ROADS
– for Bob Dylan
wer ist der beste deutsche dichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der beste englische dichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der beste höllische dichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der beste gutmenschendichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der beste bösmenschendichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der beste weibliche dichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der beste männliche dichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
wer ist der österreichischste dichter?
der wind der wind das himmlische kind
MW Dezember 2016
WIRBELT IM WIND
– Danke an Bob Dylan!
wieviele wege geht denn ein mensch
bevor du sagst er ist ein mensch?
eine weiße taube fliegt übers meer
wie oft bevor sie schläft?
wieviele male fliegt denn ein ball
bevor die kanone zerbricht?
die antwort, mein freund
die weht im wind
die antwort wirbelt im wind
wieviele jahre steht denn ein berg
bevor ihn der wind wäscht ins meer?
wieviele jahre stehen menschen auf
bevor du’s erlaubst: sie sind frei!
wieviele male drehst du dich um
und tust so als ob du nichts findst?
die antwort, mein freund
die weht im wind
die antwort wirbelt im wind
wieviele male schaut denn ein mann
bevor er den himmel sehen kann?
wieviele ohren brauchst du denn noch
bevor du hörst: jemand weint!
wieviele tote bis du dann weißt
dass zu viele niemand mehr find’t?
die antwort, mein freund
die weht im wind
die antwort wirbelt im wind
MW Dezember 2016
标签：angels, answer, austria, Bob Dylan, child, cry, 美国 America, deaths, ears, English, Europe, evil, existence, expression, eyes, female, free, friend, German, Germany, good, hell, history, language, life, lyrics, male, memory, music, Nobel prize, poetry, prize, sea, sky, song, speech, Switzerland, times, wind, world, writing, years
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11月 10, 2016
LETTUCE
lettuce
make
a merry bull
insignificant
again
worked so well
under bush
MW November 2016
标签：again, animals, austria, bull, countries, cow, 美国 America, elections, Europe, food, Great, history, memory, merry, salad, significant, US, vote
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11月 10, 2016
STRONGMAN
strongman, he is not a bird
strongman, he is not a plane
what is strongman all about?
strongman makes it strong for you
strongman, he makes all the shots
strongman, he makes all the drinks
strongman, he makes every sauce
strongman, chairman get along
strongman makes you extra strong
makes you swallow his strongsong
don’t tell me you didn’t know
MW November 2016
标签：Africa, america, Americas, animals, anywhere, asia, austria, chair, chairman, democracy, drink, elections, Europe, extra, history, hungary, male, man, meek, memory, New Zealand, Oceania, people, poetry, politics, resistance, rights, russia, sauce, shot, strong, turkey, USA, vote, weak
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11月 10, 2016
HEART OF DARKNESS 3:
MINDESTENS
kurz
kürzt
zu kurz gekommenen
die mindesthöhe
der mindestsicherung
MW November 2016
标签：at least, austria, Europe, government, money, poetry, politics, poverty, security, short, society
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11月 2, 2016
HALLOWEEN IN BUDAPEST
Halloween in Budapest
Do you need to call out the ghosts?
Do you need to call out the ghosts?
In Parliament
Brightly lit along the Danube
Do you need to call out the ghosts?
In Vienna
In Budapest
In many cities
Many, many towns
thousands of towns
thousands of thousands
brightly lit along the Danube
Dohany Synagogue
Greatest in Europe
Status Quo Synagogue
By Otto Wagner
On Rumbach Street
Actually many buildings are left
All over Europe
Yes, there are Jews
In Budapest
Yes, there are people
Do we need to call out the ghosts?
Everyone knows
Along the Danube
Behind the Parliament
Greatest in Europe?
It’s very big
Behind the Parliament
Along the Danube
They lined them up
Several places
Along the Danube
Just a few months
Hungarian Fascists
Finally able
1944
Fall ’44
German troops everywhere
Last few months of the war
Until the first month of ’45
Here in this city
Everyone knows
Hungarian Fascists
Established the ghetto
They passed laws against Jews
In Parliament
In 1920
Basically everyone knows
1944
Hundreds of thousands
in a few months
Around 600,000
Killed in Auschwitz
Along the Danube
Behind the Parliament
Several places
Szabadsag ter
On Freedom Square
There’s a new monument
For the victims
It says
German occupation
Doesn’t say that in German
Doesn’t say that in English
Any other language
For the victims
Only these words
Even in Hebrew
Only the victims
Victims of German occupation
Written in Hungarian
Only in Hungarian
Erected in secret
Protests from the beginning
Pebbles, chairs,
a few wires, photos
pebbles with names
and so on
Everyone knows
Over 300 Million
Hungarian money
Erected in secret
Law passed in Parliament
December 31st, 2013
Protests from the beginning
Szabadsag ter
Liberty Square
Halloween in Budapest
Do you need to call out the ghosts?
There are people enough
In Budapest
In many cities
Many, many cities
Towns and cities
All over Europe
Brightly lit along the Danube
Everyone knows
Actually many buildings are left
All over Europe
Halloween in Budapest
Do we need to call out the ghosts?
Everyone knows
Halloween is for kids
We have kids in Vienna
Kids like to dress up
For Halloween
Let them have fun
Nothing wrong
Halloween
My daughter knows
Austrian Fascists
Ghosts are alive
Zombies are real
Wish it was all
Pumpkins for kids
Halloween in Budapest
Greatest town
Along the Danube
Since Roman times
Basically
Everyone knows
MW October 31st, 2016
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中国大好き 