Top Reads of 2016: Steven J. Fowler
Vladimir Mayakovsky, Volodya: Selected Works, edited by Rosy Patience Carrick (Enitharmon Press) I’ve been reading Mayakovsky my whole poetry life, which isn’t that long, but he’s always been important to me, but this volume, well I suppose it did what it was supposed to do – crystallise, refocus, intensify appreciation. It blew me away. I […]
The heart on the tray does not have a heartbeat & other poems
The heart on the tray does not have a heartbeat.
The wife adorns her eyes with tears,
in the shadow that has been sterilised by the doctor.
The shadow of the doctor has been hollowed out by the shadow of the Chinese parasol tree,
the wind is strung between the branches of the tree,
like long white streamers in a funeral.
New poetry from Ma Yu translated by Liu Qing.