{"id":1309,"date":"2012-10-23T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T02:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2012-10-18T10:48:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-18T02:48:24","slug":"three-poems-by-yang-mu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"Three Poems by Yang Mu"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Asymptote<\/a> has published three poems by 2012 Newman Prize<\/a>-winner Yang Mu<\/a> \u694a\u7267, translated by Michelle Yeh<\/a> & Arthur Sze<\/a>. The sequence begins:<\/p>\n

In the zone of rain shadows, at the moment of losing
\nMy winding way, the star is the only guide<\/p>\n

Your contemplation is an ocean, you are endless brooding
\nAt night, in the morning, at the moment when mountain shadows
\nRetreat from my side table, we recall the time before exile<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here <\/a>to read all three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Asymptote has published three poems by 2012 Newman Prize-winner Yang Mu \u694a\u7267, translated by Michelle Yeh & Arthur Sze. The sequence begins: In the zone of rain shadows, at the moment of losing My winding way, the star is the … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[227,538,659],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-l7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4342,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4342","url_meta":{"origin":1309,"position":0},"title":"Daryl Lim on Yeh’s Yang Mu at Cha","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"December 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Over at Cha, Daryl Lim reviews Hawk of the Mind: Collected Poems (Columbia University Press), the selected poems of Yang Mu \u694a\u7267, edited by Michelle Yeh. 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