Chinese New Poetry Selection

Author: Editor-in-Chief Qi Guo Zhang Xiaoyun
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: A collection of new poems by a new generation of Chinese poets who rose to prominence in the 1980s and 1990s, breaking through the ideological constraints of traditional poems. The poetry collection advocates——“naked flesh, questioning the naked soul,” offering a fresh interpretation of life and thought, pursuing individual freedom and exhilaration.
Excerpt—The poem “Bird Flying”:
“Humans approach freedom through the treetops,
Sky uses the wind, birds use their wings,
You see the desert green several times,
But life is so fleeting,
Freedom and joy are high above,
Like birds that cannot be fixed,
Like the beautiful calls of birds,
They sweep across, in the dark night,
It flew, one brighter than another.”