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Poetry
cannot stop a tankbut can transform the tank driverinto a poet
He jumps out of the iron giant,sits under a tree,and deep in thought writeslines like this:
Spring has not come,a flock of birdsalights on a greengun barrel, singing
Macau2015 [End Page 181]
Yao Feng
Yao Feng was born in Beijing in 1958. His books of poetry in English translation include One Love Only Until Death (2017), When the Fish Close Their Eyes (2007), and the chapbook In Brief (2012). His honors include the Rougang Poetry Award and the Ordem Militar de Santiago de Espada medal, presented by the president of Portugal. He is a professor and head of the department of Portuguese at the University of Macau.
