ANNA KEIKO

ANNA KEIKO

An Empty Glass

Water, a part of my body

I try to drink it

But when i tried to drink it

The glass was empty

Where did the water go

In no time?

Is the existence

no more than a glass of water?

It's a mystery, it's confusion

What happened?

Yesterday, I was here at the same time

and filled the glass

Would the water not have disappeared

if I had remained here?

Was my mind trapped in the glass

Or?

TRANSLATION: GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

Walking

In The Bucharest Park

The moon stood high in the sky

Undulating the waves of the lake

Full of mystery the bushes, the fire in my heart

Suddenly a dark cloud covered the path

and although it was June, summer,

a cold wind blew through my dress

A storm and heavy rain poured down

No place to hide, at loss

and disoriented in the dark forest

all alone, I had to find the way out.

TRANSLATION: GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

When I Love You

When I love you

Forget the four seasons

I promise you a spring

And a summer of love

Winter never will come

When I love you

Forget that time is passing

Flowers will bloom for you every day

And dawn will rise, day after day, for you

Know, that when I love you,

The flagrance of the green ivy you planted

Never, never will fade away.

TRANSLATION: GERMAIN DROOGENBROODT

 

ANNA KEIKO

ANNA KEIKO, pseudonym for Wang Xianglian, was born in Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province, but lives in Shanghai. She is member of Shanghai Pudong Writers Association, president and editor-in-chief of the Shanghai Spring Breeze Literature Association and vice president of the Shanghai Haipai Poetry Society. Her poetry appeared in more than 50 publications in China and abroad, including in the "American Poetry" magazine, at a French poetry blog, in "Universal India”, in “The World Journal of the Philippines", in the "New Zealand Herald", in “Overseas phoenix poetry”, in “British translation society”, in “Canadian literary poetry society”, the “Jiangnan Times” and “Yangtze River”. More than 1,000 of her poems have been published in Chinese, English, French, German, Dutch, Hindi and Arabic. She received many awards. In 2019, the Silver Prize of the first "Zuolong Right Tiger Cup International Poetry Competition", the second prize of the Shanghai Folk Poetry Competition and the National Network Popularity Award. Her poetry collection "Deep Sleeping Language," has been broadcast by Shanghai People's Broadcasting Station. Anna Keiko is also author of prose, lyrics, essays, comedy and drama. She was also invited at several international poetry festivals, such as the 2nd Chalkida International Poetry Meeting in Greece, the 7th Mihai Eminescu International Poetry Festival in Romania and the International Poetry Festival in Chile. Anna Keiko is also an active international poetry promoter. In collaboration with the Spanish cultural organization ITHACA, she publishes since 2018 weekly in Chinese the Poem of the Week, so far more than 54 poets from 21 countries.