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標籤： 袁昌明

1/ 經網上認識的朋友介紹，我於9月9日至24日將國內著名身心靈導師張馨月女士的著作《創造豐盛》一書譯成英文。我將於10月2日至11月4日回湖北荊州老家探母，返溫哥華後再將此書出版，推廣至英文世界。其中很多理念與我多年的心得相合，故打破慣例，不顧眼疼，終將其初稿譯完；

2/ 前天位於溫哥華的SFU（西蒙大學）有關方面來函通知，原本邀請我今年12月17日到該校朗誦我的詩作的主編要組稿出版一本名為ALONE TOGETHER（《一起孤獨 》）的詩集，他們向我約稿，但願能有所選用；

3/給國內中文連續投稿快兩年，竟然杳無音訊，象30年前一樣全數入石沉大海，氣餒至極，現暫時打住，也許我的中文詩在國內的詩編中知音難尋，讀者更是無緣企及，罷了，還是省省我的時間和眼力，至少現在；

4/ 用英文寫詩整整10年。自2009年以來，我的詩作每月至少有12次被英文刊物分別擇錄，最多時達31次，本月本擔心會跌落，沒想到昨兩條連續有7次。等被錄用過的刊物總數超過1，000時再另作打算。

5/ 我的‘九曲黃河’先被《加拿大最佳詩選》（2009）選錄，年初又被加拿大為全國中學生推薦的《朗誦詩選》(Poetry in Voice)擇錄，一周前已正式入刊。該詩為的是宣揚我中華文化 - 我一向看不起那些為迎合洋人白人優越感而專門’揭露‘我族丑短的無良文人。如今我的這種’反詩‘居然也登了洋人的’大雅之堂‘ 與英美加歷史上的大詩人同錄一集，實為自豪。因為國人反正對我的詩不感興趣，我就懶得把它翻譯成中文了，以下連接轉貼，權當存檔：：

http://www.poetryinvoice.com/poets/changming-yuan?language=en

http://www.poetryinvoice.com/poems/chinese-chimes-nine-detours-yellow-river?language=en

Chinese Chimes: Nine Detours of the Yellow River 

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CHANGMING YUAN

you are unaware of your obscure sources

but you are explicitly sure of the vast sea

as your final destination

you always frown with your brownish wrinkles

but you prefer a nonprofessional smile on your face

your only luggage of life

all your teeth have been lost or pulled out

but you keep licking the muddy banks with your heart

despite your dreams forged

your song is no more than a foam of silence

but you struggle hard to remain afloat on the sea of noise

beyond the borderline of heaven

your love for the loess plateau often overturns and overflows

but you have never flooded the valley of the dragon’s mind

since confucius’s times

your course ahead is crowded with holes and crevices

but you will deliver your promises to every unevenness

instead of promising the deliveries only

you occupy an enormously tiny place of the world

but you feed all the hopes and wishes of those

with thirsty mouths stranded ashore

you flow down from the sky created by yourself

but you hope to avoid falling on the broken floor

of your own church

you may be tortured or burned to steam

but you will eventually find your impossible way

to the sea of blue sky

“Chinese Chimes: Nine Detours of the Yellow River” by Changming Yuan. From Chansons of a Chinaman , copyright © 2004-2009 by Changming Yuan. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Source: Best Canadian Poetry in English (Tightrope Books, 2009)

Categories:

Canadian

Nature

Time

Common Poetic Terms and Forms:

Imagery

Metaphor

Personification

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