Zhou Changfeng
TO KILL A BIRD
The best way to kill a bird,
no matter if it cries out or resists,
you just write down, a little bird sings.
No matter if it curses or weeps,
you only write, the little bird sings.
No matter if it begs or moans,
you write, a little bird sings.
2023
Translated by Martin Winter, December 2024
磨铁诗歌奖·2023年度最佳诗歌100首|周长风《杀死一只鸟儿》入选理由:诗里的意思好，写得聪明灵巧。在重复叠加的隐喻中，传递出强烈的批判性。诗人有态度，有愤怒，有批判，但却不是扯着嗓子喊出来，而是用如此生动的方式，写得发人深省。(磨铁读诗会/沈浩波)
Xiron Poetry Club
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LEGOLAND
Guess I should write a Legoland poem
so we can put all the photos online
or at least some of them
might be looked at
beyond Facebook memory
or Chinese social media.
Legoland is a wonderful city
everyone goes by their own free will
everyone of the children.
Lego Star Wars Movies
are really not bad
at least what I saw of it
with the children.
Should have bought DVDs
though they’re all Danish
with Nordic subtitles.
Wonder if they’re somewhere
but I don’t like movies online
or music or too much of anything
except maybe poetry.
Reciting poetry is not for Legoland.
But they have theatre,
medieval drama.
Actors get wet.
Most of the rides
mean you get wet,
and there’s the rain.
But we had fun.
It’s very peaceful.
Pirate room, holiday village
Chinese family in common kitchen
breakfast of champions
of plastic swords
includes extra room:
bricks, pinball games.
Bake your own pancake!
Guess it’s too wet
too expensive for terrorists
at least for now.
Go while you can.
MW August 2016
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发表在 August 2016, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
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