TZEMIN ITION TSAI

TZEMIN ITION TSAI

Caged Bird

The wind bear down on me from behind

Mixed with the sounds of the wings

Don't need to care too much

That's not from my wings

Not from my companions too

The wind bypassed the wires and passed through the cage

Did not stop at all

It's me shouted at her

It's me handed over her the words of heart

But forgot

left words to her

Who should the message be handed over to?

Retreated to the nest in the cage

Dodged

The blames from the entire of companions

But unable to resolve the imprisonment in my heart

Also couldn't face the gradually dying wing

I really wanted to sneak a peek

Who was fanning away from the wind?

Who was following the wind that is flying freely?

 

Snow Does Not Fall In My Hometown

When the moon stretched out its head in the gap between the clouds

The white light makes a silver world

The old hometown does not snow

Looking down the street from the second floor window

Street lights painted yellow on the brick surface

Street tree channeling high from the darkness

Leaves all fell due to the cold winter

Distorted branches towering into the sky

Songs of blessings come from far away

With the wings of imagination

simple-hearted leading the ride on the colored dragon

The wind whistled in the ears

The scaly claws of the dragon scratch the clenched hands

Candy hanging in the waist

By socks loopholes fall out

One second

Has been fleeing into the top of the cloud

Screaming over the head of Mom and Dad

Too late to lift their heads

Otherwise

They will be crazy shouting

Where to get the red boots

They must then pray

Dragon

Let our baby daughter slow down 

The Songs Always Weeping

As The Sun Is Going Down

Time always seems rushed and precise.

I couldn't help but watch the sun go down the mountain.

Like this highland,

Towering into the sky along the edge of the sea.

What kind of sound of nature will forget all of the warnings.

Mother was gradually drifting away

Yes, she will does eventually leave.

The song that should sound when the sun sets.

Keep silent.

Wind blowing over the farm.

Did not stop playing.

Why did I only hear the sound of the treetops?

Scratching my heart

Scratching my innermost being

Never asked me about the scars left behind

When to fix?

Naturally, you won’t ask.

Facing a delicate and frail girl like me.

A loving marriage,

Why was it so unbearable and fragile?

Tribulation of war, lingering shadow of death,

Forced to take everything away.

Why was everything so pale in my dreams?

But everything in everything,

the very thought of

That kiss has never been realized.

Until the last time we met.

TZEMIN ITION

TSAI

Dr. TZEMIN ITION TSAI(蔡澤民博士) was born in Taiwan, in 1957. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and two Masters of Science in Applied Mathematics and Chemical Engineering. He is a scholar with a wide range of expertise, while maintaining a common and positive interest in science, engineering and literature. Dr. Tsai is not just an accomplished poet, he is an essayist, novelist, columnist, editor, translator, academic, engineer, mathematician, and so many other things. His literary creation specializes and expertise in the description of nature, the anatomy of emotion and humanity, life writing, graphic writing, cross-domain writing and so on. Dr. Tsai has carried out a number of educational research with the development of teaching materials in his country. He has won many national literary awards. His literary works have been anthologized and published in books, journals, and newspapers in more than 40 countries and translated into more than 20 languages. Tsai is a professor at Asia University(Taiwan), editor of Reading, Writing and Teaching academic text. He also writes the long-term columns for Chinese Language Monthly in Taiwan. There are many famous poets from different countries in the world through his Chinese translations and introductions were able to be recognized by the people of China.