{"id":2714,"date":"2014-07-28T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T01:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2014-07-17T09:28:23","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T01:28:23","slug":"2714","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2714","title":{"rendered":"Josh Stenberg’s Sun Dong on Asymptote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asymptote <\/a>has also published poetry by Sun Dong \u5b59\u51ac as translated by Josh Stenberg. From “Wall” \u5899:<\/p>\n

Geographic change is too slow
\na species goes extinct too slowly \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the years roll on
\neverything is the opposite of the poetic
\nthe carrot top is a little conspirator \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Brodsky also drank gutter oil
\nthat guard Micaiah can only say drily
\nyou can cough when you’re at home<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click the image above for the full set.<\/p>\n

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Wall<\/h1>\n

Sun Dong<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

\nGeographic change is too slow
\na species goes extinct too slowly \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the years roll on
\neverything is the opposite of the poetic
\nthe carrot top is a little conspirator \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Brodsky also drank gutter oil
\nthat guard Micaiah can only say drily
\nyou can cough when you’re at home<\/span><\/div>\n

– See more at: http:\/\/www.asymptotejournal.com\/article.php?cat=Poetry&id=183&curr_index=8&curPage=Poetry#sthash.7NRYBtOZ.dpuf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Asymptote has also published poetry by Sun Dong \u5b59\u51ac as translated by Josh Stenberg. From “Wall” \u5899: Geographic change is too slow a species goes extinct too slowly \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the years roll on everything is the opposite … 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":[1239,1431],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s8srwF-2714","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2697,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2697","url_meta":{"origin":2714,"position":0},"title":"An Impossible Present: Five Poets from Nanjing at AAWW","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"July 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Nanjing is a tragic city. 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