POETRY
Are You?
âPOEM by Chen Hsiu-chen
(Translated from Mandarin by Lee Kueiâshien)
Looked like pendulum swinging to and fro,
Looked like pendulum swinging to and fro,
Are you the morning shine,
Or the sunset glow?
Swaying along with the wind,
Swaying along with the wind,
Are you an elixir,
Or a poisonous weed?
Perching on the tip of a branch,
Perching on the tip of a branch,
Are you a dead leaf,
or a butterfly?
With the Bible in one hand,
With the sword in the other hand,
Are you a saint
Or an executioner?
Your eyes show something,
Like honest;
Your eyes show something,
Like unstable.
Are you Judas?
Are you not Judas?
You are Judas,
You are not Judas.
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You are Judas!
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(Translated from Mandarin by Lee Kueiâshien)
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Chen Hsiu-chen
Born in Taiwan. She has published 13 books including âNon-diary, 2009â, âString Echo in Forest, 2010â, âMask, 2016â, âUncertain Landscape, 2017â, âPromise, 2017â, âPoetry Feeling in Tamsui, 2018â , âFracture, 2018â, âMy Beloved Neruda, 2020â, âVirus takes no rest, 2021â , âEncountering wth Cesar Vallejo,2022â, âHeaven on Earth, 2022â, âRoom, 2023â, and âChristmas Month in Mexico, 2024â Chen Hsiu-chen has participated the International Poetry Festival held in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, and was featured on the cover of international magazine âLa Barcaâ Issue No. 9 of Colombia, as well as interviewed by media from India and reported with her poetic career by media from Puerto Rico. Her poems have been translated into more than twenty languages and selected into several tens of poetry anthologies. She was awarded with Estrella Matutina by Festival of CapulĂ Vallejo y su Tierra from Peru in 2018, Naji Naaman Literary Prizes from Lebanon in 2020 and conferred the International Intellectual Certificate of the year 2024 from the International Cultural Forum for Humanity and Creativity in Syria.
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Lee Kuei-shien
Lee Kuei-shien served as chairman of National Culture and Arts Foundation in Taiwan, now is the vice president in Asia of Movimiento Poetas del Mundo. He has published 29 poetry books and 3 memoirs. His poems 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, Turkey, Macedonia, Serbia, Malaysia, Kosovo, Italy, Mexico, Colombia, The United Arab Emirates, Nepal, Kenya, Albania, South Africa, England, etc. He has been awarded with many domestic and international prizes from India, Mongolia, Korea, and Bangladesh.
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