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<\/a>Detail from Ai Weiwei: Fault Line<\/em>. In the foreground are marble replica of twisted iron rebar pulled from one of the schools that collapsed in the Sichuan Earthquake (Rebar and Case<\/em>, 2014). In the background is the wall covered with the list of 5,196 names of schoolchildren killed in earthquake. Photograph by Ian Boyden.<\/p><\/div> DECEMBER 1<\/p>\n \u6b63\u51fd The tongue like a bow.<\/p>\n Even after a thousand years, <\/p>\n DECEMBER 2<\/p>\n \u96ea\u5ead The hand of snow upon the gavel. <\/p>\n DECEMBER 4<\/p>\n \u7469\u73b2 Green fire of stone cup, <\/p>\n DECEMBER 5<\/p>\n \u63da\u5e06 He hoisted the sail <\/p>\n DECEMBER 9<\/p>\n \u51ac\u73b2 The earth rows its boat around the sun, <\/p>\n DECEMBER 10<\/p>\n \u666e\u971e We think the cloud is the body, <\/p>\n DECEMBER 11<\/p>\n \u7fe0\u7389 On the branch above the river <\/p>\n DECEMBER 12<\/p>\n \u99ae\u8277 Blooms in a handful of dust <\/p>\n DECEMBER 13<\/p>\n \u5f6c\u822a The helmsman wanders the forest, <\/p>\n DECEMBER 15<\/p>\n \u83f2 It grew with such delight, <\/p>\n DECEMBER 22<\/p>\n \u67ef\u5c91 Where the mountain balanced <\/p>\n DECEMBER 23<\/p>\n \u5433\u6101 \u201cNo Worry!\u201d they called. \u201cNo Worry!\u201d <\/p>\n DECEMBER 24<\/p>\n \u5149\u78ca Our names hewn of sound.<\/p>\n He struck the ancient chimes <\/p>\n DECEMBER 25<\/p>\n \u4ee3\u63da The dandelion\u2019s silver <\/p>\n DECEMBER 31<\/p>\n \u5168\u6ce2 When at last he opened his eyes, Read 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 June 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
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\nJust Correspondence<\/p>\n
\nwords chosen carefully
\nstill hit their mark.<\/p>\n
\nSnow Courtyard<\/p>\n
\nA white sentence under a dark sky
\nbeyond innocence and guilt.<\/p>\n
\nLustrous Ringing<\/p>\n
\nwine of translucent earth,
\nour chests tighten
\non the simplest words.<\/p>\n
\nUnfurled Sail<\/p>\n
\nto find a golden hand
\nwaving from sun-filled water.<\/p>\n
\nWinter Ringing<\/p>\n
\nstriking the drum of winter,
\nits wake deafening white.<\/p>\n
\nRed-Washed Sky<\/p>\n
\nbut it is the rain that feeds the roots of sleep.<\/p>\n
\nKingfisher Jade<\/p>\n
\nthe winged-stone waits
\nto fall into the scaled-stone
\ndreaming of flight.<\/p>\n
\nGalloping Beauty<\/p>\n
\nthe color of running horses.<\/p>\n
\nRefined Boat<\/p>\n
\nfollowing oar marks
\non moss-covered ground.<\/p>\n
\nFragrant Radish<\/p>\n
\nred heart of soil,
\nits roots tangled
\nin the broken wings of a bird.<\/p>\n
\nAxe Handle Hill<\/p>\n
\non the crest of a moment,
\nhis name branched into the possible.<\/p>\n
\nAnxiety<\/p>\n
\nStill, autumn rides the heart
\nwith winter in her arms.<\/p>\n
\nLuminous Pile of Stones<\/p>\n
\nwith arms of unearthly fire.<\/p>\n
\nDynastic Scatter<\/p>\n
\nfloats on our breath,
\neach flower a measure
\nof the sun-tossing hand.<\/p>\n
\nComplete Wave<\/p>\n
\nthey saw the undulating jade of a new year.<\/p>\n
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