Two Poems

worldliteraturetoday.org 37 poetry The Eagle’s Shadow Darkens the Storm at that time my eyes were in the window opening of a memorial hall the eagle came at such a height spreading the force of deterrence the hen’s wings opened like wooden doors little chickens tumbled in from all corners one ran the farthest lifted up by the eagle’s claws later I studied in a little shrine the wilderness outside was the site for school activities the eagle often came spiraled in the sky looked down at children who gazed up high now where I live there is no eagle but someone has seen it beyond the mountains places where the eagle goes always breed fear and savage things modern civilization can’t be instilled into the eagle’s consciousness scientific revolution can’t evolve the eagle in the troubled backdrop of the world the eagle’s shadow darkens the storm May You See the Splendor of Stars in This World the man on the cellphone has a euphoria in his eyes the big bird plunging down has a euphoria in its chest the pot of sunflowers in full bloom has a euphoria at the heart of each petal the magnolia treetop shakes its tender leaves there must be a euphoria gushing up from roots deep down the truck buries its head and rushes its way suppresses a euphoria waiting to free it at its destination the girl who has received her acceptance letter tightly hugs a euphoria that can’t wait to explode I must record them one by one who knows which day I’d have one to put together with the rest I will record more more so you may see the splendor of stars in this world may you too have a euphoria Translations from the Chinese By Fiona Sze-Lorrain Born in 1956, Yi Lu is a theater scenographer and one of the most widely read women poets in China since the 1980s. Her selected poems, Sea Summit, translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, are forthcoming from Milkweed Editions. She lives in the southern coastal city of Fuzhou. Fiona Sze-Lorrain is a poet, literary translator, editor, and zheng harpist. She lives in Paris, France. above Yi Lu, Beyond Vision II, 1998, oil on canvas, 90 x 80 cm. Courtesy of the artist. Two Poems by Yi Lu

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