Ma Yongbo: Frost on the Window
It is spring now and the frost on the window is gradually thinning.
March 24, 2026 · 34 Comments
Helen Pletts: In the Presence of Things Flying Slower in a Grey Dusk (4 Poems in English and Chinese)
Rain from the Tang dynasty has re-surged,
all feelings gather in a fine mist, and lighter still is the joy of rain as a witness
to the landscape of fear fleeing like mist up the mountainside
March 10, 2026 · 42 Comments
Ma Yongbo: Three poems for Helen Pletts in English & Chinese
No one can walk here,
save shy deer, save wind and rain,
save those invisible wings
that can gently lift the whole garden
up to the constellations.
February 10, 2026 · 22 Comments
Four Poems by Helen Pletts 海伦·普莱茨 translated into Chinese by Ma Yongbo 马永波
we are the weeping spring rain
May 10, 2025 · 21 Comments
Ma Yongbo: I Have Always Been in Love With You (English and Chinese)
Sometimes I suddenly stop on the road
feel a breeze brushing my ears
That’s you passing by
December 21, 2024 · 16 Comments
Helen Pletts: love lies like a silver thought on still water
and when the light catches up with it, I catch myself
and throw myself into the depths
November 9, 2024 · 17 Comments
Yongbo Ma: Midway Stop
It was an autumn long ago
I was still young then, still in love with something
May 7, 2024 · 10 Comments
