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The power of seeds appears
In the sulphurous stripes of the setting sun
In the ancient-golden waves of the wheat fields
In the light purple plough-traces of the soil
And also in the gestures
Firmer than the ancient golden colour of the seed-sowers
无 题
种子的力量出现了
在落日的硫磺色的条纹上
在麦田的古金色的波浪上
在泥土的淡紫色的犁痕上
也在播种者
比古铜色还要坚定的手势上
Ouyang Yu is an award-winning poet, novelist and translator. His first novel,
The Eastern Slope Chronicle, won the 2004 South Australian Festival Award for Innovation in Writing. His third novel,
The English Class, won the 2011 NSW Premier's Award, and his 14th collection of poetry,
Terminally Poetic (2020), won the Judith Wright Calanthe Award for a Poetry Book in the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards. Recent works include the novels
All the Rivers Run South (Puncher and Wattmann, 2003) and
The Sun at Eight or Nine (Puncher and Wattmann, 2025), and the collection of short stories
The White Cockatoo Flower (Transit Lounge 2024).
Geng Xiang is a Chinese poet from Yongshou, Shanxi, now based in Xi’an. A member of the Chinese Writers’ Association as well as a leading member of Chinese Poetry Society, he has published eight collections of poetry and essays, including
At the Back of Xi’an, Gathering Copper from the People, The Chang’an Book and
The Lamp on the Land. He has been awarded the Lao She Award for Essays, the Bing Xin Award for Essays and the Poetry Monthly Annual Award.
