{"id":1080,"date":"2018-06-18T03:46:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T03:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/basalt\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2019-05-12T11:36:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T11:36:10","slug":"a-forest-of-name-june-by-ian-boyden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eou.edu\/basalt\/2018\/06\/18\/a-forest-of-name-june-by-ian-boyden\/","title":{"rendered":"A Forest of Names (June) by Ian Boyden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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[Throughout 2018, we have committed to publishing a selection of poems from each month of Ian Boyden\u2019s manuscript \u201cA Forest of Names.\u201d Over the course of a year, Boyden translated the 5,196 names of schoolchildren crushed in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. He then began a collection of poems, each written on the day of each child\u2019s birth. An in-depth discussion of these poems can be read in \u201cFault Line: An Introduction to A Forest of Names<\/a>.\u201d \u2014Eds.]<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a>

Detail from Ai Weiwei: Fault Line<\/em>. A marble replica of twisted iron rebar pulled from one of the schools that collapsed in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake (Rebar and Case<\/em>, 2014). Photograph by Ian Boyden.<\/p><\/div>
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JUNE 1<\/p>\n

\u723d
\nClear and Crisp<\/p>\n

The dictionary fell open,
\na single word offering
\nautumn light.<\/p>\n

Then, as now,
\nher name cradles the broken
\nand unbroken lines of divination.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 2<\/p>\n

\u6021\u7136
\nHarmoniously<\/p>\n

I place my heart next to yours
\non a platform of mist.
\nTwo mountains wreathed with clouds.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s discuss the fires
\nof responsibility and justice.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 7<\/p>\n

\u4fdd\u5fae
\nProtector of the Subtle<\/p>\n

She was to protect rippling light,
\neven the faintest star at twilight,
\nas if it were a child.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 8<\/p>\n

\u73a5\u6f54
\nSpotless Supernatural Pearl<\/p>\n

With equanimity, the moon-jade pulls
\nand lets go, pulls and lets go\u2026<\/p>\n

inscribing one edge of infinity.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 9<\/p>\n

\u98db\u98db
\nProfusion of Wings<\/p>\n

Her name an invisible bird\u2014
\nwaiting to take flight<\/p>\n

from each mouth that called for her.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 12<\/p>\n

\u8aa0
\nSincerity<\/p>\n

If I am to be completed by words,
\nlet them be the words of earth
\nand not of abdication.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 14<\/p>\n

\u660e\u5764
\nElucidate Earth<\/p>\n

Plant a field of lighting.
\nWho will harvest the fruit?<\/p>\n

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JUNE 17<\/p>\n

\u532f\u6e90
\nConvergence of Source<\/p>\n

Springs poured from all sides of his name,
\nthis river that flowed for eight years through Wenchuan.<\/p>\n

Now in its stillness, we see the water still holds its reflections.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 19<\/p>\n

\u5de7
\nDextrous<\/p>\n

Each name is a precision,
\na carpenter\u2019s square.<\/p>\n

Now we hold our breath
\nas we scribe the lines.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 25<\/p>\n

\u7131
\nTriple Flame<\/p>\n

Without spark, without ember\u2014an infinity of fire.<\/p>\n

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JUNE 28<\/p>\n

\u5922\u742a
\nDream Jade<\/p>\n

The dream eye blooms
\nabove a bed floats above
\nthe moon immortal
\nplants of green
\ngreen stone.<\/p>\n

 
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\nRead more from Ian Boyden’s “A Forest of Names” in the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Introduction to ‘A Forest of Names'”<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 January selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 February selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 March selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 April selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 May selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 July selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 August selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 September selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 October selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 November selections<\/a><\/p>\n

A Forest of Names \u2014 December selections<\/a><\/p>\n

“Fragile as an Urn: An Interview with Ian Boyden”<\/a>
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