TIME WITHOUT LETTERS 歲月無信

CONTENTS

	BACK TOWARD THE SEA— an overnight stay at Henan Temple 背向大海——夜宿和南寺 By Lo Fu 洛夫 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	THINKING OF YOU IN RAINY DAYS 憶你在雨季 By Hsiung Hung 敻虹 Translated by Lisa Lai-ming WONG 黃麗明

	ENEMY 仇家 By Dominic Cheung 張錯 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	FACES 面容 By Shoo Tao秀陶 Translated by Steve BRADBURY 柏艾格

	HOME 家 By FONG Ming 方明 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	TIME WITHOUT LETTERS 歲月無信 By FONG Ming 方明 Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

	THE KILLER 殺人者 By Hwa Yen 華嚴 Translated by Faye PENG 彭斐

	THE CURSE OF LIPSTICK 口紅咒 By Chien Chen 簡媜 Translated by Yingtsih HWANG 黃瑛姿

	THE OLD ALLEY IN THOSE DAYS 當年舊巷 By Chien Chen 簡媜 Translated by Yingtsih HWANG 黃瑛姿

	THE FAT GIRL’S RED CLOGS 胖女孩的紅木屐 By KAN Yao-ming 甘耀明 Translated by Michelle M. WU 吳敏嘉

	ONCE UPON A TIME, WHEN THE PRINCE MET THE MERMAID PRINCESS... 從前從前，當王子遇上人魚公主⋯⋯ By YANG Mei-hung 楊美紅 Translated by Michelle M. WU 吳敏嘉

	7-11 By HSU Cheng-Ping 許正平 Translated by Mark I. HAMMONS 何邁

	GETTING TO KNOW YUYU YANG 認識楊英風 By Yuyu Yang Foundation 楊英風藝術教育基金會 Translated by Carlos G. TEE 鄭永康

	LIFESCAPE SCULPTURE: MODERN CHINESE ECOLOGICAL AESTHETICS 現代中國生態美學觀——景觀雕塑 By Yuyu YANG 楊英風 Translated by Carlos G. TEE 鄭永康

	LOCAL PASSION, AVANT-GARDE HEART: a few words written on the eve of Yuyu Yang’s exhibition 本土的情　前衛的心──寫在楊英風畫展之前 By HSIAH Lifa 謝里法 Translated by Carlos G. TEE 鄭永康

	NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧

	NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS 作者與譯者簡介

	APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄：中文原著

	ADVENT OF THE PHOENIX (I) 鳳凰來儀(一), stainless steel, 104 × 140 × 50 cm, 1970.....COVER

	DRAGON SHRILL IN THE COSMIC VOID 龍嘯太虛(II)(A), stainless steel, 68 × 69 × 30 cm, 1991.........................................................BACK COVER By Yuyu YANG 楊英風

FONG Ming 方明

TIME WITHOUT LETTERS
歲月無信*

Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機

Letters were once a stream
Flowing over an incalculable distance
Savoring sometimes of sadness or happiness
The ways of the world, love, friendship
In the eyes the lamp fades
Then flares
The mood at this moment as inexplicable
As reading Tang poetry by night

Now, variations on a feeling are knocking away
On a raw, cold keyboard
Inserting Martian characters and lazy symbols
All feelings made neat and easy to read
So decadent hearts can amuse themselves
Input a forced helplessness
Input a seductive posture woken by spring
Input life at a loss
Then replicate the search for a friend on the Internet
While the cold, dim images on the monitor
Spread mockery from our imprisoned souls

*	From Chuang-shih-chi 《創世紀》(The Epoch Poetry Quarterly), No. 146, Spring, 2006, 140.