Four poems by Xu Jianwei
1. Symbols. The pause is a comma.
The end is a full stop.
Wordless is an ellipsis.
The explanation is a dash.
Love should be an exclamation point.
Why is it a question mark.
2. Fishing for the stars.
Loneliness is made into a fishing rod with waiting.
Not knowing what it is capable of bearing.
Whether it is an unbearable lightness in life.
Pluck out a white hair born of lovesickness.
I want to know how long it is.
Whether it is possible to circumnavigate the bright moon.
The hook is bent gentlely.
Can anyone tell me in my dream in the West Lake.
Will the swimming stars bite the hook?
Maybe the fish drift doesn't even know the answer.
Only I found that the bait had already been injected.
Silent waiting and frantic heartbeats.
3. Crossing. Lend me a scoop.
Scoop up the water of the Milky Way.
Sprinkle a handful of stars.
It's not just a reflection in the water.
Lend me a lifetime. Weaving a web of dreams.
Throw a footprint.
It's not hesitation or struggle.
In the land of dreams.
Speak with the frequency of dreams.
Fireflies. It is the seed of the nebula.
On the road of dreams.
Play the piano to the rhythm of a dream.
It's pitch black. It also turns into infinite light.
4. Solo. The sound of your soft footsteps.
It was enough to make my heart skip a beat.
Bathe in your moonlight.
can be regarded as pure and gentle.
Pray to water your heart with it.
It's the dream I had when I first met you.
I want to be in your horoscope.
Engraving belongs to the shiny that I love.
Even if you can't see all this.
The boiling blood has been loosened by me.
It was raging like a tsunami.
It's as intense as the universe.
Everything changes dramatically because of you.
Whether you know it or not.
About author] Xu Jianwei (male), pen name Wen Mang, born in Shanghai, China, graduated from East China University of Political Science and Law, member of Shanghai Pudong New Area Writers Association, deputy director of Lujiazui Creation Center, won the first prize of the 3rd and 5th Shanghai Citizen Poetry Creation Competition, the third prize of the 4th and 6th Shanghai Citizen Poetry Creation Competition, won the "Centennial Glory" Poetry Award of Hubei Provincial Radio and Television Bureau and Hubei Writers Association in 2021, and in 2022, "Flame Blooming" was awarded by the ** Social Liaison Department of the Communist Youth League, The first prize of the national essay on the theme of "Youth Winter Olympics Gathering Youth" jointly sponsored by the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Youth League and the News and Propaganda Department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.