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Song Xiaoxian

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Slight Breeze

a slight breeze can make for
a bigger potato crop

a slight breeze can make for
prettier flowers

a slight breeze can make for
more open-minded human beings

a slight breeze can make for
clear-sighted government

provided, of course, that the corridors of power
are opened up to slight breezes

© Translation: 2005, Simon Patton

SLIGHT BREEZE

© 2005, Song Xiaoxian

Song Xiaoxian

Song Xiaoxian

The events and energies of mundane, down-in-the-dirt reality inspire much of the poetry written in China today. However, against this imposing godlessness, Song Xiaoxian opposes a conspicuous religious element, and in poems written in plain, unmystical language he expresses his very personal sense of the divine.

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Alarm Clock

Slight Breeze

Child of Sorrow

Love

Blind Girl

Enormous Appetite

1958

Notice

Borrowed Light

God

Close

Slight Breeze

a slight breeze can make for
a bigger potato crop

a slight breeze can make for
prettier flowers

a slight breeze can make for
more open-minded human beings

a slight breeze can make for
clear-sighted government

provided, of course, that the corridors of power
are opened up to slight breezes

© 2005, Simon Patton

Slight Breeze

a slight breeze can make for
a bigger potato crop

a slight breeze can make for
prettier flowers

a slight breeze can make for
more open-minded human beings

a slight breeze can make for
clear-sighted government

provided, of course, that the corridors of power
are opened up to slight breezes

© 2005, Simon Patton

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