Posts Tagged ‘reasons’

MISSING – VERMISST

7月 15, 2024

Pictures by Zhan Mingzhao

MISSING

Shangyuan Art Museum,
the ruins of the big exhibition hall
in the middle of nowhere
are a metaphor
for the state.

For the state of culture.
For the state of art.
No reason, except the state
of reasoning.
A monument of sorts.

I miss it.

MW July 2024

Pictures by Zhan Mingzhao

 

VERMISST

Shangyuan Art Museum,
die Ruinen der großen Halle
sind eine Metapher für den Zustand.

Für den Zustand der Kunst,
den Zustand der Kultur
und so weiter.
Kein Grund, abgesehen vom Zustand
der staatlichen Gründe.
Irgendwie ein Denkmal.

Ich wär gern noch dort.

MW Juli 2024

Artworks by Zhan Mingzhao

 

13 REASONS FOR BAD POETRY: 朱剑

1月 17, 2017

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Zhu Jian
13 REASONS FOR BAD POETRY: PLEASE PICK OUT WHICH FITS YOU OR ADD YOUR OWN

1)
I harbour no prejudice at all
against any poetry,
including colloquial poems
and lyrical expressions of feeling.

2)
Writing good or bad poetry is not important.
Anyway we are all brothers!

3)
I don’t write for fame or profit, I am a pure amateur.

4)
Good or bad, cow parts or not, wait for history’s judgment!

5)
Just keep quiet and stick to your writing, who needs to fight and find fault all the time?

6)
“Your circles are messy!”

7)
Poetry isn’t the only thing, I have to live!

8)
If he had not died, poetry would not be in this state.

9)
I write for eternity.

10)
I am still learning, please esteemed teachers, point out my faults!

11)
I also try my hand at this shit.

12)
Quality, not quantity! One poem beats hundreds of others.

13)
How can you think you bastards could ever write a good poem?

Tr. MW, January 2017

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