If you put people next to a stroke
Like this丨
On its right
Like this：人
You become wings
Like this：人丨
If you want to be air
Borne you put the person along
Side an English
Letter: H
Like this：人H
You are high
Up there
In the strokes
Country that is how
I learnt
The language
Stroke by
Stroke
I language
Stroke
By the side
Of Jiangbian
Or Gangbyeon
Language into
Language into
江边
Ouyang Yu is a Chinese-born poet, novelist, editor and translator based in Melbourne. He has published over 90 books of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, literary translation and literary criticism in both English and Chinese. He edits Australia’s only Chinese literary journal,
Otherland. His poetry and translations have been included in major Australian collections such as
The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry, The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature and
The turnrow Anthology of Contemporary Australian Poetry.
