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[ericcoliu]

Reading and Writing: Life on the Page


Crabwalk (Poem Sequence Based on Chinese Poetics)


I

Every night
I slept in Taipei
but woke up in Ajax

My mind was winged
by a yearning
for things not yet lost


II

An immigrant to Ajax
I'd stayed there six years
but at night in dreams
Taipei was still my home

Last week, I drove south
across the Canadian border
Reality dawned and I realized
From now on Ajax will be
where I am from


III

Sometimes I dream in Chinese
I dream my father's dream
I awake and become Eric

Sunlight streams into my room
caressing me with its warmth
as it welcomes me home



Note:

Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan and the place where I grew up. I had lived there for almost four decades. Ajax is a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario where I've been struggling with a life in transition and translation.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

Reading and Writing: Life on the Page


Crabwalk (Poem Sequence Based on Chinese Poetics)


I

Every night
I slept in Taipei
but woke up in Ajax

My mind was winged
by a yearning
for things not yet lost


II

An immigrant to Ajax
I'd stayed there six years
but at night in dreams
Taipei was still my home

Last week, I drove south
across the Canadian border
Reality dawned and I realized
From now on Ajax will be
where I am from


III

Sometimes I dream in Chinese
I dream my father's dream
I awake and become Eric

Sunlight streams into my room
caressing me with its warmth
as it welcomes me home



Note:

Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan and the place where I grew up. I had lived there for almost four decades. Ajax is a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario where I've been struggling with a life in transition and translation.
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[川生]

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[Champagne]

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[ericcoliu]

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[ericcoliu]

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[川生]

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[ericcoliu]

Thanks for being so generous in your compliments.

[[ericcoliu]]

Thanks for being so generous in your compliments.

[ericcoliu]

I've revised my piece.
_________________
Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[[ericcoliu]]

I've revised my piece.
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Time is nothing but a disquiet of the soul

[温暖的水獸]

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[川生]

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[ericcoliu]

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