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[ericcoliu]

Reading, Writing, and Life on the Page


I Love You to Death

I slice your shadow
of flesh and bone
salt and pickle the cutlets
and put them in a jar


When hungry
I'll have a slice
with wine



愛你至死

我將你的身影
切成薄片
加鹽並醃浸
裝入瓶子

餓的時候
取一片
下酒


Note

The poem above is my belated response to Valentine Day and my tribute to woman poet Hsia Yu (1956, Taiwan), one of Taiwan's most original poets and whose poems play with the power politics between man and woman and often put a surprising, highly individual perspective on the centuries-old theme of love.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Reading, Writing, and Life on the Page


I Love You to Death

I slice your shadow
of flesh and bone
salt and pickle the cutlets
and put them in a jar


When hungry
I'll have a slice
with wine



愛你至死

我將你的身影
切成薄片
加鹽並醃浸
裝入瓶子

餓的時候
取一片
下酒


Note

The poem above is my belated response to Valentine Day and my tribute to woman poet Hsia Yu (1956, Taiwan), one of Taiwan's most original poets and whose poems play with the power politics between man and woman and often put a surprising, highly individual perspective on the centuries-old theme of love.
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[星子]

Hi Eric,

I have difficulty to understand " slice your shadow of flesh and bones"
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[[ANNA]]

Hi Eric,

I have difficulty to understand " slice your shadow of flesh and bones"
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[fanfan]

[[FAFAFA]]

[ericcoliu]

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[hahaview]

The poem combines two contradictory states of emotions: loss ("your shadow") and preservation ("salt and pickle them / and put them into a jar"); furthermore, this kind of inherent tension runs through the poem and is well expressed in the title: love and death.
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I came, I saw, and I conquered

[[hahaview]]

The poem combines two contradictory states of emotions: loss ("your shadow") and preservation ("salt and pickle them / and put them into a jar"); furthermore, this kind of inherent tension runs through the poem and is well expressed in the title: love and death.
_________________
I came, I saw, and I conquered

[Lake]

A powerful poem. The title 'Love You to Death' reminds me of the opposite of 'hate to the marrow of one's bones'.

The description (of how deep the love is) is original; the speaker is not only satisfied to remember his love, but to preserve it, add seasoning to it so that to make love stay longer and more tasteful.

[[Lake]]

A powerful poem. The title 'Love You to Death' reminds me of the opposite of 'hate to the marrow of one's bones'.

The description (of how deep the love is) is original; the speaker is not only satisfied to remember his love, but to preserve it, add seasoning to it so that to make love stay longer and more tasteful.

[redshoe]

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[ericcoliu]

I had revised my piece.

Thanks for Anna'a and her friend's advices.

[[ericcoliu]]

I had revised my piece.

Thanks for Anna'a and her friend's advices.

[Champagne]

[[Champagne]]

[dundas]

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[ericcoliu]

What follows is an edited reply from my fellew poet, Tink, at PoetryConnection:

Hi eric, ...... Your poem has a very strange twist to it which makes it interesting. I wasn't sure whether this was meant to be funny or creepy. It is well crafted, although I can't say I "loved" it.

~~Tink
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

What follows is an edited reply from my fellew poet, Tink, at PoetryConnection:

Hi eric, ...... Your poem has a very strange twist to it which makes it interesting. I wasn't sure whether this was meant to be funny or creepy. It is well crafted, although I can't say I "loved" it.

~~Tink
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

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