The Passing of Time

1. There must be a sound
SHAAA
That with an explosion will open
The ear's passage.

Poetry is a bit weak.
The capacity of a bird's lunge
is too small.
Trees are always
the silent majority.

We don't know
How the rock falls into ruins.
Ask the winds.

2. How to stop walking
A road?
Busy feet answer that.
This is the job for them
and their shoes.

The road in front
wagging its
Long long tongue
Licks and swallows up
Pairs and pairs of feet

And even lets the wheels to boast loudly:
Come feet come shoes
How many can you come up with?

TTranslation: Yip Wai-lim Hsiang Ming, was born in 1927 in the East of Chekiang, is one of the leading promoters of modern poetry in Taiwan who has been co editing the islands best literary magazines, such as Blue Star Poetry, Epoch Poetry and Tawan Poetry Quaterly.He is currently invited at international poetry festivals, several of his poetry collections have been translated and published in English. The POINT anthology "CHINA CHINA", contains also some of his poems. Used by permission of the author.