2002–2003 China Poetry Annual Selection

Author: China Poetry Research Center
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: It marks a significant adjustment in the expressive perspective of Chinese poetry. It no longer simply critiques reality through fantastical visions of the future or promises of a better future, nor does it use the "remembering hardship and cherishing sweetness" narrative to justify "reality." Its most important contribution lies in correcting the long-standing misunderstanding of the dominant "realist poetry" regarding the relationship between the subject and the world, language and reality. This opens the path from personal feelings, consciousness, and imagination to embrace the world, allowing language and reality to present independent individual character and artistic taste through consultation, dialogue, and mutual absorption. The book includes poems such as: "Your Alma Mater," "Four Sonnets on Tibetan Spirit Stones," "The Cries of the Oppressed," "Taking a Second Wedding Photo," "The Parrot Speaks," "The Sea," "The Kingfisher," "The Poplar Tree," "Weishan Lake," "On Eagles," "When You Embrace This World Without Kisses," "Now," "The Canal and the Wind Vane," "Tabletop Drama: Indoor Wilderness," "Across the Century," "Window Niches," "Fragrant Secrets," "Friday," "The Ridge Where the Moon Rises," "Daughter," "In the Countryside," "Migrant Workers at the Intersection of Spring and Summer," "Riding a Horse to Distant Places," "Those Acacia and Thorn Trees," "The River of Spring," "Little Sister's Whisper," "Little Brown Dog," "Subtraction," "The Clock Strikes," "Snow or Butterfly," and more.