By Yuan Changming Tuner: for Qi Hong While still in Mayuhe on the other Side of this world, you somehow gave me An air-tuner, supposedly to help me Learn erhu, the violin with only two strings As a re-educated youth during the Cultural Revolution, which you somehow asked me To return to you before I … Continue reading Tuner: for Qi Hong and Other Poems
Speech Acts: Another Lesson in Chinese Characters and Other Poems
By Yuan Changming Speech Acts: Another Lesson in Chinese Characters 说 /shuo/: to say is to make an exchange in words 语 /yu/: language is defined in terms of what I say 课 /ke/: a lesson should be learned by talking about the result 谎 /huang/: to lie is to throw a remark from … Continue reading Speech Acts: Another Lesson in Chinese Characters and Other Poems
