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The mirror on the table
Is a bowl-
My face is
A Potato in the bowl.
Oh out of the ground
These bones warm grow!

Poem by Haizi, translated by Perdita on March 21st,2014, Spring Equinox.

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镜子是摆在桌上的
一只碗
我的脸
是碗中的土豆
嘿，从地里长出了
这些温暖的骨头

(海子,1984.)

Perdita Young (Hanna Wang)

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Topic(s) of this poem: mirror,spring,identity

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Haizi is a Chinese poet who ended his life at the age of twenty-five, in 1989. His sudden death was considered a literary incident and caused a big stir among college students nationwide.

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Perdita Young 20 March 2018

Haizi is a Chinese poet who ended his life at the age of twenty-five, in 1989..

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Gajanan Mishra 20 March 2018

good write, out of ground, , it is meaningful

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