Autumn Breeze, Orange Moon紐約秋風與明月

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From Beijing in the 1980s, when I began writing poetry in high school, to New York in 2021, time seems to have passed in the blink of an eye. We have crossed into another century and lived through several eras. Everything has changed completely, yet one thing remains: a poet’s heart. Like the young person I once was, it still senses the warmth and chill of life through the smallest stirrings of feeling.從高中開始寫詩的北京八十年代，轉眼到紐約的二零二一年，一個世紀、幾個時代過去了，一切都徹底改變，但不變的是一顆詩心。它依舊如同曾經年輕過的我一樣，用細微的情感體味生命的冷暖。

For many years, I stopped writing poetry. Compared with the weight of prose, poetry seemed like a feather, so light that I could take it or leave it.很多年，我已不再寫詩，感覺相對文字的重量來說，詩歌像是一根輕飄飄的羽毛，可有可無。

Yet after I had finally traveled the paths that life requires of us, after history had repeatedly shown me how places remain while people change, poetry suddenly returned as a long-missed rainbow and a sky full of stars, illuminating the darkest hollow at the bottom of my heart.然而，當終於經歷了生命必經的旅程後，當「物是人非」不斷被歷史重複時，詩歌忽然變成了久違的彩虹和星空，照亮了心底最深處的黑洞。

It was no longer merely an outpouring of emotion, but a necessity of life. The appearance of an autumn leaf or a drop of dew is never without meaning. Poetry was no longer a source of melancholy, but of continual discovery and delight—like returning to the God who created us.它不再是感情的傾訴，而是一種生活的必須，如同一片秋葉、一顆露珠的出現都不是偶然。它不再感傷，而是不斷的發現和欣喜，如同重新歸回創造我們生命的上帝。

I resumed writing poetry in Chinese in 2011, and by 2018 the poems were coming in waves. Poetry became another kind of diary, recording the voyage of my life. The pandemic of 2020 changed how we lived and thought, opening our eyes anew to the visible material world and the invisible life of the spirit. As Second Corinthians tells us, we turn our attention toward what is unseen: what we can see is temporary, while what we cannot see is eternal.從二零一一年重新開始中文詩歌創作，到了二零一八年的潮湧，詩歌成為了另一種形式的日記，記錄著我生命的航程。二零二零年的疫情改變了我們的生活方式與思維，重新打開我們看待看得見的物質紅塵與看不見的精神存在的眼睛。正如哥林多後書所說：我們所注重的不是看得見的，而是看不見的；因為看得見的是暫時的，看不見的卻是永恆的。

If poetry is the reflection of the soul, this collection reflects both the light that reaches us and the changes within the heart. Through those changes, New York, my second home, became an essential part of my life. Its autumn breezes and bright moon filled my days with a shimmering radiance, forming a milestone built from the imagery and signs of language.如果說，詩歌是心靈的反光，那麼，這本詩集反射的正是光的照耀和心的改變。在這種改變中，我所居住的第二故鄉紐約成為了我生命的必然，它的秋風與明月，將我的人生塗滿了閃爍的光澤，砌成一塊由文字的意境和標誌搭建的生命里程碑。