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Yao Feng

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Wolf’s in Town

Wolf’s in town
The sheep make no move
they only nibble grass from the ground
They line up in neat formation
like ridges planted with cotton
Wolf howls: It’s so fuckin’ hot
To a man the sheep
strip off their sheepskin coats

© Translation: 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton

WOLF\'S IN TOWN

© 2009, Yao Feng

Yao Feng

Yao Feng

Yao Feng, the pen-name of Yao Jingming, was born in Beijing in 1958. He studied Portuguese at university and worked as a diplomat for a time, but is now based in the former Portuguese colony of Macao. In additon to writing poetry in Chinese, he also writes in Portuguese and translates Portuguese poerty into Chinese. In 2006, he was awarded the Ordem Militar de Santiago de Espada medal by the Pr...

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Wolf’s in Town

Wolf’s in town
The sheep make no move
they only nibble grass from the ground
They line up in neat formation
like ridges planted with cotton
Wolf howls: It’s so fuckin’ hot
To a man the sheep
strip off their sheepskin coats

© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton

Wolf’s in Town

Wolf’s in town
The sheep make no move
they only nibble grass from the ground
They line up in neat formation
like ridges planted with cotton
Wolf howls: It’s so fuckin’ hot
To a man the sheep
strip off their sheepskin coats

© 2009, Tao Naikan and Simon Patton

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