Translated into Chinese by Chen-ou Liu
frazil ice
on a mountain lake
at breakup
the tinkling chimes
signal your departure
A Hundred Gourds, 4:2, March 2015
Chen-ou Liu's comments:
The juxtaposition of these two concrete and evocative visual and auditory images is emotionally resonant, and on second reading, the upper verse works well on two levels, literal and symbolic.
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