#ouyang yu

[heartshapedcloud]

rain stopped late at night by ouyang yu, in self-translation

[staleobjectsdepress]

Part 2

[staleobjectsdepress]

[staleobjectsdepress]

Exostale 3 Changning

[bibliomancyoracle]

47. Get to the truth. Say little.

*

from “6-word stories (50 of them)” by Ouyang Yu

[ethosbooks]

from Over There: Poems From Singapore and Australia

[bibliomancyoracle]

One will never be great in this land lying quiet and domesticated nor will one ever be that violent and bloody

  *

  from "The evening walk" by Ouyang Yu

[myimaginarybrooklyn]

Visit Original Link

'Lifting,' And Lifted By, Words

Poet Ouyang Yu comes to NPR's Poetry Games representing two continents: Asia, where he was born (in China); and Australia, where he moved in 1991. He is a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary translation and criticism in English and Chinese.

Of his poem "Lifting," he writes: "Much as I admire weightlifting heroes or heroines, I can't help reminding myself that, however powerful a weightlifter is, he or she can't lift himself or herself up. The magic of the word is that, when well lifted, it has the power to transform."