The Scribbles of a Lonely Traveller

[angliholic]

Beautiful.

Thanks,Heattwing, but what and which is beautiful?

[heartwing]

We never feel jealous
of the sublime lilies
or fascinated
by the gorgeous roses,
let alone to admire
the faint fragrance of jasmines.
Simply because
our parents are ordinary,
we're also small green clover,
like common people.
In reality,
glamour and nobility
aren't the most important values
in our life.
In spite of the fact
that we're so petty
like our ancestors,
who've gone
through thick and thin
to pass life on
we still stand firm and persevere
in greening our fatherland.

綠苜蓿

不忌妒百合花
的高貴
也不迷戀玫瑰花
的艷麗
更不欽羨茉莉花
的清香
只因
我們的父母都是
那麼平常的綠苜蓿
我們也是那麼
凡夫俗子般
的綠色小草
本來 尊貴華麗
就不是
我們生活中
重最重要的價值
雖然
我們是 那麼
微不足道
如同 我們的先人
為了延續生命
經歷了千辛萬苦
一般
為了綠化家園
我們依舊不屈不撓

I like a lot of your work. This would be one example. Are you familiar with A minor press? The editor is in Hong Kong. Anyway, I don't know if you publish and I don't think they take reprints, but it might be worth trying if you have something that has not been seen on the internet or in print. No guarantees of course, but one never knows. A lot of your work is so lush and beautiful in what it says and what it suggests. Anyway, just wanted to comment. I hope you will let us know if you ever decide to collect your work and publish.

[angliholic]

I like a lot of your work. This would be one example. Are you familiar with A minor press? The editor is in Hong Kong. Anyway, I don't know if you publish and I don't think they take reprints, but it might be worth trying if you have something that has not been seen on the internet or in print. No guarantees of course, but one never knows. A lot of your work is so lush and beautiful in what it says and what it suggests. Anyway, just wanted to comment. I hope you will let us know if you ever decide to collect your work and publish.

Thanks, Heartwing, for the most uplifting comment which made my day and brought me hope. With this hope, I think I'm able to hew a stone of hope out of a mountain of despair.
No, I'm not familiar with A Minor Press and I haven't published my poetry though I believe that one day it'll be done posthumously.
Yes, I've decided to collect my works and publish if only you'd help me.

[heartwing]

Thanks, Heartwing, for the most uplifting comment which made my day and brought me hope. With this hope, I think I'm able to hew a stone of hope out of a mountain of despair.
No, I'm not familiar with A Minor Press and I haven't published my poetry though I believe that one day it'll be done posthumously.
Yes, I've decided to collect my works and publish if only you'd help me.

I am happy you have decided to take first steps. Please keep me in touch, angliholic. I know this is your destiny. It may at first require more hewing. Best wishes.

[angliholic]

[QUOTE=heartwing;1323049]I am happy you have decided to take first steps. Please keep me in touch, angliholic. I know this is your destiny. It may at first require more hewing. Best wishes.[/QUOT E]
Thanks, heartwing, for your kindness and help.
Sure, I will keep in touch with you, my benefactor, but no, it's not my destiny to get my poetry published. I'll let nature take its course~~if luck smiles at me before I pass away, then I'll sure smile back. But if I'm doomed to be in bad luck all my life, I won't complain about it at all because it's life~~you win some, and you lose some.
And yes, I know I need to cut out some doggerel because all that glitters is not gold.
Thanks again, Heartwing, for your precious time.

All the best to you and your loved ones,


Lewis Jian

[heartwing]

[QUOTE=angliholic;1323076]

I am happy you have decided to take first steps. Please keep me in touch, angliholic. I know this is your destiny. It may at first require more hewing. Best wishes.[/QUOT E]
Thanks, heartwing, for your kindness and help.
Sure, I will keep in touch with you, my benefactor, but no, it's not my destiny to get my poetry published. I'll let nature take its course~~if luck smiles at me before I pass away, then I'll sure smile back. But if I'm doomed to be in bad luck all my life, I won't complain about it at all because it's life~~you win some, and you lose some.
And yes, I know I need to cut out some doggerel because all that glitters is not gold.
Thanks again, Heartwing, for your precious time.

All the best to you and your loved ones,


Lewis Jian

The doggerel is beautiful. When I was speaking of more hewing, I meant the test that is a part of the submissions process.

The destiny talk was meant to let you know I love your work and I felt it would find an audience.

But I definitely appreciate your sense of things. As always, despite everything, all efforts aside, there is a sense in which other forces are determinative.

Your sense of peace comes through in your work. I look forward to reading more.

[angliholic]

[QUOTE=heartwing;1323124]

The doggerel is beautiful. When I was speaking of more hewing, I meant the test that is a part of the submissions process.

The destiny talk was meant to let you know I love your work and I felt it would find an audience.

But I definitely appreciate your sense of things. As always, despite everything, all efforts aside, there is a sense in which other forces are determinative.

Your sense of peace comes through in your work. I look forward to reading more.

Thanks, Heartwing, for this inspiring and soothing reply.
I've known that my poetry will find an audience since I began to post it on several poetry groups on FB. Nevertheless, I feel a bit in despair that it hasn't been published. Maybe, that's the way things go and I never complained.
Thanks, my benefactor, again for your kind words and encouragement.

All the best,

Lewis Jian

[heartwing]

[QUOTE=angliholic;1323152]

Thanks, Heartwing, for this inspiring and soothing reply.
I've known that my poetry will find an audience since I began to post it on several poetry groups on FB. Nevertheless, I feel a bit in despair that it hasn't been published. Maybe, that's the way things go and I never complained.
Thanks, my benefactor, again for your kind words and encouragement.

All the best,

Lewis Jian

I will be curious to know if you decide to submit when various publishers open their reading window, such as A minor press. I can appreciate a desire for privacy too, however, so whatever you choose to do, I wish you well.

[angliholic]

[QUOTE=heartwing;1323158]

I will be curious to know if you decide to submit when various publishers open their reading window, such as A minor press. I can appreciate a desire for privacy too, however, so whatever you choose to do, I wish you well.

Thanks, Heartwing, for your concern again.
I'm willing but I'm not a very active go-getter, so I'm still waiting passively for some publishers to contact me. If there're none to contact me before I meet my maker. Then I'll let it be. Thanks again.

Kind regards,

Lewis Jian

P.S. I did contact Nicolette Wong, but she didn't reply my request.

[heartwing]

[QUOTE=angliholic;1323198]

P.S. I did contact Nicolette Wong, but she didn't reply my request.

I don't know the reason for sure for this, but likely the best way to approach things is to go through the usual submission process which involves a proposal, etc, and that during the regular submission period.

I understand what you mean about seeing what will happen.

It is beautiful you share your poetry here. It is just wonderful. Thank you.

[angliholic]

[QUOTE=heartwing;1323201]

I don't know the reason for sure for this, but likely the best way to approach things is to go through the usual submission process which involves a proposal, etc, and that during the regular submission period.

I understand what you mean about seeing what will happen.

It is beautiful you share your poetry here. It is just wonderful. Thank you.

Thanks, Heartwing, for your concern again and again.
It's not so much I share my poetry here as I save it here. Hopefully, it'll be published with ease.

Sincerely yours,

Lewis Jian

[angliholic]

Yesterday
when my day
was all but a piece of wreckage,
you sent me a private message
saying,
my writing's amazing;
you've missed my poetry,
and hoping,
I'm well and life's being good to me.
Thank you for showing
everlasting fondness for my verse
though it may prove worse
than any doggerel.
As long as your concern
is immortal
and deeper than the ocean,
it's of little significance
whether we should've known
each other earlier
than in the season~
leaves were changing color.

[angliholic]

For the sweet honey
of a fragrant flower,
a butterfly will easily
give up flying elegantly.
For your desirable silhouette,
I'll never regret
having eagerly sold
my sublime soul.

[angliholic]

Walking in the rain
alone,
on this July afternoon,
I'm holding a blue balloon
instead of an umbrella.
Don't think of me
as a great fan
of becoming dripping wet
on this lonely lane.
It's simply because
I'm eager to witness
the singing and dancing
of the summer rain
wash away the dust
and dirt from those
endearing green leaves
along with my griefs.

[angliholic]

Thank you, Heartwing,
for the lush and beautiful comment
you left on my writing
though it was at the moment
when spring breezes were blowing
no longer
and lotus flowers were seeding
in the pond yonder.
A while ago,
I clearly remember,
they were still
like young boys and girls
frolicking in the green plain.
It was you
that appeared with a summer rain
causing
numerous enthralling ripples
in my heart
when my hope was dying
and I was about to give up the art
of writing poetry.