Poem
Yan Jun
May 8
The gray-headed waterbird who grew up eating garbagehas a pair of long crooked legs
but not incredibly long
when the seawater swells up
submerging the toes
seaweed and stones
mimic its leaps
© Translation: 2011, Ao Wang and Eleanor Goodman
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2011
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2011
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de watervogel met de grijze kop die op vuilnis groot geworden isheeft lange geknakte benen
toch zo heel lang zijn ze ook weer niet
het moment dat hij uit het water schiet en
zijn tenen nog onder water zijn
doen zeewier en stenen
zijn sprong na
© Vertaling: 2011, Audrey Heijns
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
© 2009, Yan Jun
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May 8
The gray-headed waterbird who grew up eating garbagehas a pair of long crooked legs
but not incredibly long
when the seawater swells up
submerging the toes
seaweed and stones
mimic its leaps
© 2011, Ao Wang and Eleanor Goodman
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
May 8
The gray-headed waterbird who grew up eating garbagehas a pair of long crooked legs
but not incredibly long
when the seawater swells up
submerging the toes
seaweed and stones
mimic its leaps
© 2011, Ao Wang and Eleanor Goodman
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,
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