8.12.12

On the boat.Ziguan


We are waiting with the moon
For the fishermen returning late.
Red flags and the yellow moon
Are reflected in the sea.
Where is my reflection?
Has it fled with Chang'e?









5.12.12

At clay oven. Dashu. Sanhe Kilns


The mountains parted and the moon
came out of the clouds.
Now my path is clear and straight.
But my life may not be long enough
To get the lighthouse
Where three rivers join together



Photo Po-I Chen

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts


1.12.12

Moon World.Tianliao



The lake filled with peace
And me too. I caught a fish but catch the moon.
Would stay here forever,
But there will come a new scurry day
And the moon run away!


Photo Po-i Chen

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts

24.11.12

The Crane for the Moon. Xiaogang container yard


Autumn swans are all gone.
I am sick at inappropriate time,
Everyone has gone to the moon for a feast.
I ask my close friends
To steal the moon
And hang it on my window.


23.11.12

Sugar moon.Ciaotou Sugar factory


The wind and rain making noise all night
The sea of fallen leaves around.
See the sugar moon in gold waves
Jump toward her
And surely drown in gold leaf
Because I don't know how swim.

Photo Po-I Chen


Metal forest. Shipyard


My world is covered by a metal forest
And the moon stuck in the rusty trees.
Risking my life I will go and release her
even if I will die!
My barren life in the metal woods.



Photo Po-i Chen

21.11.12

At the straw store. Cishan


Hats, bags and umbrellas are all for sale
They are made of straws and almost free!
Buy something, strange foreigner!
Except that the moon will be never yours
You can only take away some moonlight

Photo Po-i Chen

20.11.12

Homecoming. Meinong tobacco barns

I returned to my empty home remembering
My father brought this firewood.
The unused cold furnace
Was like my fireless, empty heart.
But the moon will bring a new fire
To me and warm me again.


Photo Po-i Chen

18.11.12

House for the moon. Meinong


On the roof of my run-down home,
There are houses for birds
At a higher place I built a house for the moon,
My heavenly  friend.
I am happy to stay on the broken Earth
As long as the moon does not leave me.

Leonid Tishkov. Private Moon. Kaohsiung. 2012

Photo Po-I Chen

13.11.12

Who washed ashore? Sizihwan


From somewhere in far places
Was washed ashore of mine
The dead Tree and the live Moon.
Or me was washed to their shores
Me half-dead poet-nomad



Leonid Tishkov.Private Moon.Kaohsiung.2012

Photo Po-i Chen