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This collection will appeal to readers interested in poetry that meditates on everyday life, creativity, and the delicate tensions between art and labour. It is particularly suited to those who appreciate reflective, culturally rich poetry from contemporary Chinese authors.
Writing like a peasant farming the land, Ren Yi has tentacles deeply rooted in the Chinese soil, often in a violent and bloodthirsty way.
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Digging
Squatting, my wife was digging in the field
While I was digging, sitting on the ridge
My wife was digging for the sweet potatoes
And I was digging for poetry
With an easy dig
My wife dug out a sweet potato
But I spent a long time
Managing to dig out only a single line
The more my wife dug the more delighted she was
But the more I dug, the more frustrated I was
The field where my wife had dug for the sweet potatoes
Had furrows, long and short
Meandering like lines of poetry
Whereas the poems I had dug
Had each line so knotty
That it resembled the sweet potato, gnawed by the ground lizard
Ren Yi (Ren Zhilin), born in the 1950s, is from Shanghai. He is now deputy secretary-general of the Pujiang Literature Society, deputy general manager of Pujiang Literature Exchange Centre for Literature and Arts, Minhang, Shanghai, and an editor of Pujiang Literature.
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ISBN: 9781925780819
Publisher: Puncher and Wattmann
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 December 2020
Country: Australia
Imprint: Puncher and Wattmann
Illustration: Illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 164
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