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[anna]

1. On the Bright Leaf

By gray
loops of dung:
the lacquered spiral
takes time. Clung
prisms blister
in slime.

2. Ascending

Eye-horns, up
weed-limp
...lead-climb;

with what
stately pace,
rise:one
foot
on slime!

(from URBAN-PASTORAL, LYRICALMYRICAL, 2004)


Allan Briesmaster
http://www.poets.ca/Linktext/direct/briesmas.htm
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

1. On the Bright Leaf

By gray
loops of dung:
the lacquered spiral
takes time. Clung
prisms blister
in slime.

2. Ascending

Eye-horns, up
weed-limp
...lead-climb;

with what
stately pace,
rise:one
foot
on slime!

(from URBAN-PASTORAL, LYRICALMYRICAL, 2004)


Allan Briesmaster
http://www.poets.ca/Linktext/direct/briesmas.htm
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[ericcoliu]

Written in the imagist manner, it's an interesting poem about slimy creatures.

By the way, lacqued or lacquered?
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Written in the imagist manner, it's an interesting poem about slimy creatures.

By the way, lacqued or lacquered?
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[星子]

I have asked Edgar if he could translate this one if he would like to . . .

Yes, it is lacquered.
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[[ANNA]]

I have asked Edgar if he could translate this one if he would like to . . .

Yes, it is lacquered.
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[戴玨]

那就試一下：

兩隻蝸牛

一，在明亮的葉子上

以一圈圈
灰色糞便：
過漆的螺線
完成需時。附著的
棱體在黏液中
起泡。

二，升起的

眼-觸角，向上，
像草一樣挪蹭
...像鉛一樣蠕動；

以何其
莊嚴的步態，
起立：一隻
腳
在黏液上！
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我的blog:
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1310527443

[[Edgar]]

那就試一下：

兩隻蝸牛

一，在明亮的葉子上

以一圈圈
灰色糞便：
過漆的螺線
完成需時。附著的
棱體在黏液中
起泡。

二，升起的

眼-觸角，向上，
像草一樣挪蹭
...像鉛一樣蠕動；

以何其
莊嚴的步態，
起立：一隻
腳
在黏液上！
_________________
我的blog:
http://blog.sina.com.cn/u/1310527443

[星子]

谢谢EDGAR.

This is not easy to translate because of its simplicity.

It reminds me of "IMAGO" by Catherine Graham

http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?

Allan will have vaction soon, I will write to him why he wrote this. I think it may be interesting.
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[[ANNA]]

谢谢EDGAR.

This is not easy to translate because of its simplicity.

It reminds me of "IMAGO" by Catherine Graham

http://www.coviews.com/viewtopic.php?

Allan will have vaction soon, I will write to him why he wrote this. I think it may be interesting.
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[anna]

Words from Allan

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I wrote this pair of poems immediately when I observed the snails, the first
one resting and the other one climbing. The slime that the first one
secreted became beautiful when it broke the bright sunlight into rainbow
colours. (The first poem is in the shape of the snail's shell.) The second
snail was putting its slime to use: gliding up on its "one foot" toward a
destination one foot above, with its horn-like eye-stalks leading the way -
quite a long distance for a snail to go, yet it seemed to be in no hurry!

Strange and grotesque creatures have their own beauty, if seen in a fresh
way from a new angle. The poem, of course, tries to "see" them through the
eyes of language, including the rhymes with "slime."

Cheers,

Allan
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com

[[星子安娜]]

Words from Allan

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I wrote this pair of poems immediately when I observed the snails, the first
one resting and the other one climbing. The slime that the first one
secreted became beautiful when it broke the bright sunlight into rainbow
colours. (The first poem is in the shape of the snail's shell.) The second
snail was putting its slime to use: gliding up on its "one foot" toward a
destination one foot above, with its horn-like eye-stalks leading the way -
quite a long distance for a snail to go, yet it seemed to be in no hurry!

Strange and grotesque creatures have their own beauty, if seen in a fresh
way from a new angle. The poem, of course, tries to "see" them through the
eyes of language, including the rhymes with "slime."

Cheers,

Allan
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Anna Yin

《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》
<Nightlights> <Seven Nights with the Chinese Zodiac> ...

http://annapoetry.com