The Editors - Third World Network
The Editors - Third World Network
The Editors - Third World Network
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P O E T R Y<br />
Xu Demin (1953- ) taught political economy in China’s Fudan University after his<br />
graduation in 1983. A man of many talents, he has distinguished himself not only<br />
as a poet, but also as a short-story writer, literary critic, painter and photographer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Moon Rises Slowly Over the Ocean<br />
Xu Demin<br />
It is time<br />
We stand like children<br />
On the silent beach<br />
And calmly wait for the moon<br />
Nothing has been lost on the moon today<br />
A banana kazoo<br />
Sucked between the lips of night<br />
Is no longer blowing out of tune<br />
Crisscrossed boughs set up an easel<br />
<strong>The</strong> moon wearing a pure white suncap<br />
Slowly comes over like a shy boy<br />
Holding a transparent nylon net<br />
With which to scavenge the ocean<br />
Of its many broken hearts<br />
Bobbing on the sea to the horizon<br />
Translated by Edward Morin and Dennis Ding<br />
THIRD WORLD RESURGENCE No 251/252<br />
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