Sunday, September 1, 2019

LEE KUEI-SHIEN



LEE KUEI-SHIEN

TAMSUI SUNSET AT EUCALYPTUS BANK

Fibrous roots of Eucalyptus
suspend densely as a wide curtain.
Sunset retreats behind the curtain
with a posture of ardent youth
dedicating his full energy
to the national vitality of Taiwan,
shines half the sky by passion,
performs splashed blood and drown at an end.
After all, the ardent youth is a Phoenix
incarnated into a big bird flying far away,
yet still according to the schedule
making the land of Taiwan glorious once again
with an image of Independence.





TAMSUI GOLF COURSE

What flying farther than the bird
is the white round ball without wings

What more pitiful than tears
is the morning dewdrops that nobody cares about

What more disturbing than the bride’s mood
is the grass wandering who will come to tread on

What more brilliant than record
is the human feelings uninterrupted for a hundred years





TAMSUI OSMANTHUS

International poets come together to visit us
Asian poets in gentle
African poets in enthusiastic
American poets in calm
and European poets in easy.
We walk over the country paths in Zhongliau village
and plant Osmanthus trees along the paths
sharing seasonal qualities from four continents.
The ancient house in the name of Osmanthus remains literary
and resurrected as a hometown of international poets,
there the sky as father and the earth as mother.
The Osmanthus becomes noble due to poetry
with its fragrance staying in the countryside forever,
while the poetry is memorized due to Osmanthus
with its verse circulating in the hearts of poets
broadcasting to all over the world.






TAMSUI
THE HOMETOWN OF POETRY

When I leave Tsmsui
my poetry describes about Tamsui
minds the hometown of my birthplace

When I leave Taiwan
my poetry remembers Tamsui
forgets not the hometown of my ancestors

When I leave the world
my poetry remains in Tamsui
wishes to become the hometown of poetry.







TAMSUI
MASS RAPID TRANSIT

What kind of passengers who
get in and out of the Tamsui MRT station?
The delicious foods of Tamsui yesterday
left an aftertaste for one day.

What kind of passengers who
get in and out of the Tamsui MRT station?
The beautiful scenery of Tamsui today
will remain a visual memory for one year.

What kind of passengers who
get in and out of the Tamsui MRT station?
The precious verses about Tamsui tomorrow
will be persisted as treasure in all life forever.

NOTE: TAMSUI IS A SUBURB TOWN OF TAIPEI CITY, THE CAPITAL
OF TAIWAN.

LEE KUEI-SHIEN

LEE KUEI-SHIEN began to write poems in 1953, joined to establish the Taiwan P.E.N. in 1987, was elected as Vice-President and then President, and served as chairman of National Culture and Arts Foundation from 2005 to 2007. He published 24 poetry books, some of them have been translated and published in Japan, Korea, Canada, New Zealand, Netherlands, Yugoslavia, Romania, India, Greece, Lithuania, USA, Spain, Brazil, Mongolia, Russia, Cuba, Chile, Poland, Nicaragua, Bangladesh, Macedonia and Serbia. Awarded with Merit of Asian Poet, Korea1994, Rong-hou Taiwanese Poet Prize1997, World Poet of the Year 1997, Poets International, India1998, Poet of the Millennium Award, International poets Academy, India2000, Lai Ho Literature Prize and Premier Culture Prize, both in Taiwan2001. He also received the Michael Madhusudan Poet Award from the Michael Madhusudan Academy2002, Wu San-lien Prize in Literature2004, Poet Medal from Mongolian Cultural Foundation2005, Chinggis Khaan Golden Medal for 800 Anniversary of Mongolian State2006, Oxford Award for Taiwan Writers2011, Prize of Corea Literature of Korea2013, Kathak Literary Award of Bangladesh2016, Literary Prize "Naim Frashëri" of Macedonia2016, and "Trilce de Oro" of Peru2017, Taiwan National Culture & Arts Prize2018, Bandera Iluminada of Peru2018and Prime Poetry Award for Excellence by Pulitzer Books of India2019.



1 comment :

  1. very different kind of kind, beautiful imagery used dear. wish you more success.

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