作者介紹
Shu Ting began writing in 1969 whenshe was seventeen. Her poem "My
Homeland, My Dear Homeland" (1979)
won instant fame when it was ho
noured with the prestigious National
Poetry Award. Her books include The
Double-Masted Boat and The Flowers
That Sing. Shu has described her own
work as "poems that are imbued with
both a profound pain and a wakening
joy. . . . They are not only the love
songs to my country but also the
praise of love and friendship." Her
poems have often been admired for
their subtle and delicate style and
refined diction and profundity. Shu
Ting is perhaps one.of the most popu-
lar poets of her time.
作品目錄
CONTENTSIntroduction
Editorial Note
Autobiographical Note by Shu Ting
Poems
From A Boat with Two Masts (1982)
Moming Song at the Seashore
Ah, Mama
Seeing a Friend Off on an Autumn Evening
For You
On Mid-Autumn Moon Festival
Wishes
Self-portrait
The Cypress Vine Dreams of the Moon
April Dusk
This Is Also "All'
Motherland, My Dear Motheriand
The Cry of a Generation
To My Generation
After the Storm Is Over
A Love Poem to the Land
On Your Going-away: A Gift
Untitled
From Selvcted Lyrics of Shu Ting and Gu Cheng (1982)
To a Poet of Fairy Tales?
At Dusk
On the Painting "A Young Lady at the Spring
Retuming in Dream
To the Legendary Lady of Huian
At a Dank Little Station
The Wall
A White Swan
From The Singing Iris (1986)
The Heart Has Its Own Law
'' 1 Love You''
Words for a Stele
An Old House
To a Friend Going Abroad
Goddess Peak
A Poem 1 Wish 1 Had Read to My Mother
A Monument for My Mother
Fled to the Moon
White Palms
In Memory of Grandmother
From Archaeopteryx (1992)
A Concert at St. Mary's
Forget-me-nots
Where Zen is Cultivated
Shui Xian
A Room with Two Beds
Guanyin, Drop by Drop
Prose
People, Please L'nderstand Me (1980)
Essays
Life, Books, and Poetry (1980)
Complete Silence from the Clarity Gained
through Sadness (1984)
