New Perspectives on Contemporary Chinese Poetry

(Chris Devlin) #1

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Over 150 bosses ì ~G
Made their introductions íî


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Duan Ying áU
Secretly made notes on this all 偷偷地ð切~G©ò
What’s shocking is that 吃ô的 ́
Over a period of more than three õ共 850 ÉÕ~恶者
months ö在÷ø
Out of over 850 reprobates 3 @É月ù抓
Not one has been caught 全Ý
All ü遥þ外
Remain at large
(Blue Butterfly Purple Lilac 蝴蝶香)


Blue Butterfly Purple Lilac is a male poet who writes and publishes
exclusively on the Internet, and the foregoing poem is an example of
tendencies toward spontaneous topicality, colloquial language, and
social responsibility advocated by Low poetry. The title of the poem is
taken from the 1934 novel by the Soviet writer Nikolai Ostrovsky, later
made into a popular film in 1956 and produced as a TV series in China
in 2000—to which this poem seems to be an ironical response.


Poem Written on June 4th 写在 6 月 4 ̈的?


1
Today ‚天
Is ́
The 4thof June 6 月 4 ̈


Today ‚天
Is ́
The 4thof June 2005 2005 ¦的 6 月 4 ̈


Today ‚天
Is not ° ́
The 4thof June 1989 1989 的 6 月 4 ̈


2
Today ‚天
Is ́
The 4thof June 6 月 4 ̈


Today ‚天
Is ́
The 4thof June 2005 2005 ¦的 6 月 4 ̈


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