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Those that Rise from Mediocrity

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Maozi
2019
Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
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This pocket-sized paperback is one of the thirty titles published for 2019 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2019 is Speech and Silence. From 19–24 November 2019, 30 invited poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme Speech and Silence. Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.

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Title Page, Copyright

pp. 1-4

Contents

pp. 5-9

Roundness

pp. 10-11

Retelling a Newspaper Story

pp. 12-13

Night

pp. 14-15

Those that Rise from Mediocrity

pp. 16-17

Evolution

pp. 18-19

Book of Time

pp. 20-21

Moon

pp. 22-23

Old Age

pp. 24-27

Setting Off

pp. 28-29

Story of Catching a Roebuck

pp. 30-31

On the Shanghai–Chengdu Expressway

pp. 32-35

Liqiu

pp. 36-37

Infinity

pp. 38-39

Bottles Adrift

pp. 40-41

Chance

pp. 42-43

Objectivity

pp. 44-45

How to Measure

pp. 46-47

Aria

pp. 48-49

For Simone Weil

pp. 50-52

The Gambler

pp. 53-54

Tale of a Past Life

pp. 55-56

Night Journey

pp. 57-58

The Heart of Failure

pp. 59-61

A Poem of Devolution

pp. 62-63

About the Author

pp. 64-66
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