CONTENTS

 
  EXCERPTS FROM MIKROKOSMOS
《小宇宙》節錄
   By Chen Li 陳黎
   Translated by Steve BRADBURY 柏艾格
 
  A LARGE CROW 大鴉
   By Lo Fu 洛夫
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  WHO’S RISING AND FALLING 誰主浮沉
   By Bai Ling 白靈
   Translated by David van der Peet 范德培
 
  FIELD TRIP 遠足
   By Jiao Tong 焦桐
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  CAMELLIA 茶花女
   By Jiao Tong 焦桐
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  TWO PROSE POEMS 散文詩兩章
   By SUN Jiajun 孫家駿
    Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  OUT OF CONTEXT 斷章
   By Hsiang Ming 向明
   Translated by David van der Peet 范德培
 
  WALLED STREETWALKER 站壁的妓女
   By Qiao Lin 喬林
   Translated by John J. S. BALCOM 陶忘機
 
  THE RAIN, ST. LUCIA 雨‧聖露西亞
   By Hsia Ching 夏菁
   Translated by C. W. WANG 王季文
 
  MY MOTHER 我的母親
   By RUAN Ching-Yue 阮慶岳
   Translated by Danny H. LIN 林心嶽
 
  SEEING MOTHER OFF 奔喪
   By WANG Tsung-wei 王聰威
   Translated by Danny H. LIN 林心嶽
 
  STRADDLING ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR AND GRAPHIC DESIGN : J. M. LIN ARCHITECT / THE OBSERVER DESIGN GROUP橫跨建築、
室內和平面設計的仲觀聯合建築師事務所

   By CHAN Wei-hsiung 詹偉雄
   Translated by David van der Peet 范德培
 
 

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HEIM: JOU MIN LIN ON TAIPEI AND INNOVATION
林洲民建築師看台北與創新
   By David BRATT 畢達飛 and Bryan K. BEAUDOIN 薄瑞安

 
  NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動
   Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧
 
  NEW BOOKS BY TAIPEI CHINESE PEN MEMBERS 會員新書
   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
 
  TAIWAN ACADEMY OF BANKING AND FINANCE
台灣金融研訓院,
2005........................................Cover
 
 

CHINA TIMES MEDIA GROUP RENOVATION PROJECT 中時集團總部大樓, 2008.......Back Cover
   By Jou Min LIN 林洲民

 

Chen Li 陳黎

EXCERPTS FROM MIKROKOSMOS
《小宇宙》節錄*

Translated by Steve BRADBURY 柏艾格


 

26

 
With this cup of tea
I sip winter’s lingering chill in the spring
flowing through your fingers


  27

 
Joy is a hole, which
diligently probed, overflows
with fruit-like vowels


  66

 
The whiteness of flesh
turns a mole into an atoll: I long to see the open sea
that surges beneath your dress


  73

 
Browsing on a speeding train
recherche du temps perdu: beyond the window
a vast expanse of silent sea


  79

 
O Baudelaire,
such a broad and voluptuous
sofa of the senses!


  91

 
I like the shopping bag you left behind:
I use it to carry the haiku I’ve written of late, the lemon cake,
the mountains after rain


  99

 
A rondo at times forte at times pianissimo:
once again the flush toilets of the nihilistic republic
play their vague and ambiguous anthems . . .


Excerpted from Chen Li’s 陳黎 poetry collection Xiao yu-cho 《小宇宙》 (Mikrokosmos),[Back to Taipei: Crown Cultural Group, 1993. An earlier translation by Chen Li’s wife Chang Fen-ling 張芬齡is available at http://www.hgjh.hlc.edu.tw/~chenli/poetry5.htm


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