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Jin Haishu

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At 4 a.m.

at 4 a.m.
one by one the various sounds come to life
in the faint dawn glow
the dark goes
leaving me
with blackness in the light

© Translation: 2005, Simon Patton

AT 4 A.M.

© 2005, Jin Haishu

Jin Haishu

Jin Haishu

Jin Haishu pushes his tough side forward in his poetry: sex, drugs and rigmarole are themes that leap out from the page/screen. Even so, he does not try to hide his philosophical side, but it sneaks into his work more sideways than front on. “Bravery,” he writes in a poem to his girlfriend, “means fighting to keep the truth before you in any situation . . .” and I think that’s what he’s aiming ...

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At 4 a.m.

at 4 a.m.
one by one the various sounds come to life
in the faint dawn glow
the dark goes
leaving me
with blackness in the light

© 2005, Simon Patton

At 4 a.m.

at 4 a.m.
one by one the various sounds come to life
in the faint dawn glow
the dark goes
leaving me
with blackness in the light

© 2005, Simon Patton

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