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Two Xiaoshi: Dislocated and Longing


Dislocated

His face,
A map of solitude;
Her Body,
The scent of Eros.


Longing

Mid-May in Ajax --
Hearing the sky's cry --
I ache for Taipei.


Notes:

1 Ajax is a medium-sized town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, Canada. Taipei is the largest city in Taiwan and has been the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.

2 In Taiwan, the main rainy season which lasts from mid-May through to mid-June is a period of time referred to as Meiyu Jijie (梅雨季節), meaning "plum rain season" as it coincides with the plum season. The island can expect heavy rainfall during the plum rain season, during which about 25 percent of tje annual rainfall in northern Taiwan falls.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Reading, Writing, and Life on the Page

Two Xiaoshi: Dislocated and Longing


Dislocated

His face,
A map of solitude;
Her Body,
The scent of Eros.


Longing

Mid-May in Ajax --
Hearing the sky's cry --
I ache for Taipei.


Notes:

1 Ajax is a medium-sized town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, Canada. Taipei is the largest city in Taiwan and has been the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1949.

2 In Taiwan, the main rainy season which lasts from mid-May through to mid-June is a period of time referred to as Meiyu Jijie (梅雨季節), meaning "plum rain season" as it coincides with the plum season. The island can expect heavy rainfall during the plum rain season, during which about 25 percent of tje annual rainfall in northern Taiwan falls.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[ericcoliu]

The origin of the xiaoshi, a subgenre of New Poetry, in China was attributed to the influence of Rabindranath Tagore's collection of short poems entitled Stray Birds. As a poet, he had a significant impact on modern Chinese literature generally and New Poetry particularly. He was a close friend of China and his literary reputation reached its peak in China when he made his visit there in 1924.

The xiaoshi is a kind of personal, meditative poetry, its image-centered poetic sensibilities influenced by Tagore’s pantheism and the contemplative mood of German Romantic poetry. The skilful use of imagery with minimum discursiveness and few indications of cause and effect are defining characteristics of the xiaoshi. In the 1920s, it became popular mainly due to the publication of Myriad Stars and Spring Water by Bing Xin and Little Poems of Floating Clouds by Zong Baihua.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

The origin of the xiaoshi, a subgenre of New Poetry, in China was attributed to the influence of Rabindranath Tagore's collection of short poems entitled Stray Birds. As a poet, he had a significant impact on modern Chinese literature generally and New Poetry particularly. He was a close friend of China and his literary reputation reached its peak in China when he made his visit there in 1924.

The xiaoshi is a kind of personal, meditative poetry, its image-centered poetic sensibilities influenced by Tagore’s pantheism and the contemplative mood of German Romantic poetry. The skilful use of imagery with minimum discursiveness and few indications of cause and effect are defining characteristics of the xiaoshi. In the 1920s, it became popular mainly due to the publication of Myriad Stars and Spring Water by Bing Xin and Little Poems of Floating Clouds by Zong Baihua.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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[Lake]

Is this so called Xiaoshi 微型诗?

Your second poem 'Longing' reads more like a haiku, which might also be included in 微型诗.

[[Lake]]

Is this so called Xiaoshi 微型诗?

Your second poem 'Longing' reads more like a haiku, which might also be included in 微型诗.

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[Lake]

Thanks for your elaboration on Xiaoshi. Does it have an English equivalent? I am afraid 'short poem' is not the right term for it either. Is there a line limit to Xiaoshi? The ones quoted from 冰心 are all, except one, three liners. While this two liner poem

山头独立
宇宙便一个人占有了么？

sounds more like 微型诗, very philosophical. Actually her other poems are as well full of 哲理. A similar one is

雾
你能永远遮住一切吗？

(作者：麦芒）

[[Lake]]

Thanks for your elaboration on Xiaoshi. Does it have an English equivalent? I am afraid 'short poem' is not the right term for it either. Is there a line limit to Xiaoshi? The ones quoted from 冰心 are all, except one, three liners. While this two liner poem

山头独立
宇宙便一个人占有了么？

sounds more like 微型诗, very philosophical. Actually her other poems are as well full of 哲理. A similar one is

雾
你能永远遮住一切吗？

(作者：麦芒）

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