In my hand, dated 3/1/05
A copy of
Manual of Painting & Calligraphy: A Novel
On page 83
In the margin
I wrote, not dated, in Chinese:
"Right at this moment (I am) in a restaurant
Next to fuhao binguan [Big Lord Hotel]
Waiting for my Sour Vegetable Fish
And Mashed Garlic Bitter Vegetables
In the air, "Auld Lang Syne"
Is playing
5 girls are
keeping me company
from a distance..."
next to that
near the bottom
I wrote, both in Chinese and English:
The Age of Formidable Women
in an echo to the line in the book (pg. 83):
"In this age of formidable women"
ah, what day is today, the 3rd of January 2005
even death dies
leaving me stonily alone
writing this lone overdue poem
I meant
long, sorry, not lone
~ by Ouyang Yu
The picture doesn't really match the words except that I took it last year on January 3rd.
4 comments:
Beautiful photo. I always like ones that show a path of some sort.
As for the poem, well-- I've never really figured out poetry so I'll choose to believe that it's true meaning fits perfectly with the photo!
is it crazy to love the randomness that poetry can be? I say no!
Beautiful! I hope you are off to a wonderful 2013 Relyn!
xo Mary Jo
Such a fascinating way to write a poem. I like it. I like also your photo.
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