Kubrick Poetry

文學院要搬家

2012-01-24T01:16:00.005+08:00

（By Polly Ho）

文學院要搬家，許多港大的畢業生都捨不得。

今年香港大學比較文學系今年開辦了“現代詩”一課，除了介紹理論外，亦鼓勵同學把堂上學到的知識實踐於創作。Dr Esther Cheung收集了同學的優秀作品，希望和大眾分享作品和創作過程，於是造就是次讀書會。Dr Esther Cheung帶來了一班寫現代詩的學生：林嘉慧､吳靜文､林三維､林凱敏､林俊宇和伍一龍同學。

寫《關於港大本部大樓的五首詩》的林嘉慧，寫《沉默的回聲》的吳靜文，寫《粉碎前的二三事》的林三維和林凱敏，寫《海外》和《外海》的林俊宇。同學們透過詩表達對港大本部大樓依依不捨之情，利用相片和文字道出生活在香港商業社會的被壓抑，運用頭鏡寫烈日光罩下的紅磚建築，寫幻想中的聖地牙哥，寫夏天的塘福，引用北島和盧勁馳詩句再抒發感受……型型式式，都是真挈的流露。

畢業了的師兄師姐也來支持，包括雨希和盧勁馳。

紅磚牆上美好的時光，是否只在詩句中找到？

以下是比較文學系新推出的平臺:

Multiple Voice: A Platform for Creative Thoughts：http://www0.hku.hk/complit/multiplevoices/

(Photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry •一月• 同學們的都市詩

2011-12-30T12:07:00.003+08:00

時間 Time：2012/1/7 (Saturday) 3:00pm-4:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng

來賓 Guests：Esther Cheung and students from Dept of Com. Lit in HKU

香港大學比較文學系今年開辦了“現代詩”一課。除了介紹理論外，該課程亦鼓勵同學嘗試把堂上學到的知識實踐於創作。是次讀詩會中分享的詩作，正是比較文學系同學的學期創作習作，其中大部分作品皆為有關香港的都市詩（urban poetry）。通過詩歌創作，同學們表達了在香港這一特定的文化、歷史語境中，自己的個人經驗、對外間的觀察、對社會的反思，並進而探討現代社會與城市空間，日常生活與詩意，以至知識、語言與情感之間的關係。

Kubrick Poetry 2011

2011-12-24T18:05:00.003+08:00

Among the thirteen tales

2011-12-24T17:51:00.005+08:00

(by Adam Cheung)

We were very grateful to have Xu Xi drop by, amidst her busy schedule, to talk with us in our December session of Kubrick Poetry. It was a meeting that we had long been looking forward to. Xu Xi started by talking about how she was able to keep writing, early in her career, while holding key positions in the corporate business world. She acknowledges the challenge of being a writer in a very commercialized and business-oriented Hong Kong, and so to overcome these challenges and to completely focus on her writing, she moved away. She shared about her experience doing writing retreats in places like Florida and Norway. She also shared her insights in writing about the Chinese experience using the English language, while praising the works of Maxine Hong Kingston as her source of inspiration.

Then we came to discuss her new book. Xu Xi read excerpts from the stories “Space” and “Lady Day”. We agreed that the stories in this collection have a tendency to allow readers a lot of space to imagine and to fill in the untold stories implied in the narratives. We were also treated to some very vivid accounts of the anecdotes that Xu Xi’s aunt had told her when she was a child, and we learned how those stories have inspired her to write the stories that she writes today.

Throughout our conversation, Xu Xi gave us the impression that the writing of this newest book had been a very enjoyable process for her. The audience was also delighted by her ability to narrate her personal experience so animatedly. This kind of liveliness and attention to details are qualities that really shine in her short story collection.

(photos by Paul Wan)

Poets from Turkey and Taiwan

2011-11-29T01:16:00.008+08:00

(English by Adam Cheung, Chinese by Polly Ho)

Bejan Matur shared about her experience as a poet living in Istanbul. She talked about how she evolved as a poet, from keeping notebooks of emotional and random musings to shaping the many lines of words into presentable works of poetry in a process that was like making a sculpture. She also talked about the time she spent in prison when she was a teenager and how that transformed her as a poet and as an acute observer of the world. Bejan encouraged us to think about why we care about poetry. Then she recited “Winds Howl through the Mansions” in Turkish. Even though this was the poet’s first visit to Hong Kong, she demonstrated a genuine respect for the vibrant literary landscape of the city.

羅智成擔任過不同的職位，擁有過不少的名銜，曾任總編輯、電台台長、發行人等，他坦誠其第一身份是詩人，可見作為一個詩人是他自我認同的基本位置。他是少數既了解台灣及香港情況的台灣人，他認為香港人對於「美好生活」的定義被媒體塑造，認為住大屋､開名車就是美好生活的典範，事實上不一定。他擔任過香港光華中心主任，在香港工作一年多的時間，並花了一段時間了解香港，以他的理解，香港是一個直向發展的城市，什麼都向上發展，高樓大廈，而台灣則是橫向發展。過度的直向發展令人看不到高樓以外的藍天白雲，不能不說有點惋惜。

(photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry •December• ACCESS: Thirteen Tales

2011-11-28T10:09:00.003+08:00

時間 Time：2011/12/18 (Sunday) 5:00pm-6:00pm
地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)
主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Florence Ng & Adam Cheung
嘉賓 Guest：Xu Xi

What do we think we desire? What do we truly desire? Xu Xi explores these questions in her latest fiction collection, ACCESS: Thirteen Tales, recently published by Signal 8 Press. On December 18th, Xu Xi joins us at Kubrick Poetry to talk about her newest work and about matters concerning Hong Kong and Asian literature. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the writer whom The New York Times once named “a pioneer writer from Asia in English.”

Xu Xi is the author of nine books of fiction and essays, and editor of three anthologies of Hong Kong literature in English.She is also the Writer-in-Residence and Programme Leader of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing programme at City University. www.xuxiwriter.com

Philosopher King

2011-11-19T12:30:00.003+08:00

(By Adam Cheung)

Kubrick Poetry’s October session was held at Book Attic in Central, where we sat down with Ronnie Lee, the philosopher/writer/poet.

Ronnie narrated his literary journey from a scholarly, philosophical perspective. He talked about how he had to go through an extensive period of reading, studying, and just immersing himself in the many philosophical theories before he could clearly express his ideas on topics like the making of the universe, religion, human behavior, and love. He discussed the challenges he has experienced in self-publishing, and he talked about the lack of response to the ideas he has articulated at the philosophical debates he has attended in Hong Kong. Ronnie gave a detailed explanation for the silent responses.

Ronnie shared a poem about the notion of “free will” and his perspective of it. We then went on to explore Ronnie’s religious convictions regarding his idea of God’s Will, and the heavy responsibilities that he has taken on as he sees his life as a mission to speak the Truth. He talked about how this mission motivates him to contemplate many social issues and to keep on writing.

Ronnie also shared what could be called a love poem, which he wrote many years ago, a piece of work precedes his many philosophical books. The audience was deeply taken by Ronnie’s uncompromising approach in exploring the depths of life and matters beyond life.

Kubrick Poetry •November• Taiwan and Turkey

2011-10-29T10:17:00.000+08:00

時間 Time：2011/11/12 (Saturday) 3:00pm-4:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim & Adam Cheung

語言 Language: English & Mandarin

詩人 Poet： Lo Chih Chen/ 羅智成 (Taiwan), Bejan Matur/ 白江•馬突爾 (Turkey)

羅智成 (台灣)

Born in Taipei, Lo Chih Cheng (Luo Zhicheng) graduated from the Department of Philosophy of National Taiwan University and later completed course work in the doctoral program. Active in the media, including television and broadcasting, he also served some official positions such as Commissioner of the Department of Information of Taipei city government and Director of Kwang Hua Information and Cultural Center (Hong Kong).

Lo published his first book of poems, which he not only self-financed but also designed and illustrated, in 1975. Since then he has published more than ten books of poetry. Lo’s literary works are famous for their philosophical profoundness, imaginative imagery, lyrical syntax and original insight. Already an established poet in the 1970s, he has continued to influence poets of a younger generation.

羅智成1955年生於台北。台灣大學哲學系畢業。美國威斯康辛大學東亞所碩士、博士班肄業。曾任報社副總編輯、電台台長、雜誌及出版社發行人，也擔任過台北市政府新聞處處長、香港光華中心主任。作品以詩、散文和遊記為主；風格強烈，知性、感性兼具，以精確、細膩的語法著稱，以觀察力和想像力見長，對新一代詩人有極大的影響力。主要出版作品有：詩集《畫冊》、《光之書》、《傾斜之書》等。

Bejan Matur(Turkey)

Bejan Matur was born of an Alevi Kurdish family on 14 September 1968 in the ancient Hittite

city of Marash in Southeast Turkey. She studied Law at Ankara University, but has never

practiced. In her university years, her poetry was published in several literary periodicals.

Reviewers found her poetry ‘dark and mystic’.

Her first book, Rüzgar Dolu Konaklar (Winds Howl Through the Mansions) published in 1996 won several literary prizes. Her following books, Tanrı Görmesin Harflerimi (God Must Not See The Letter of My Script) in 1999. Her poetry has been translated up to 17 languages. Her book İbrahim’in Beni Terketmesi (Leaving of Abraham), published in March 2008, was considered by the critics to be her best book ever, creating a personal ontology and a personal mythology inspired by thousands of years of Sufi Tradition.

白江•馬突爾，1968年9月14日生於位於土耳其東南西臺古城馬拉什的一個阿勒維•庫爾德族家庭。曾在安哥拉大學修讀法律，但從未執業。求學期間曾在多本文學期刊發表詩作。她的詩歌被評為『黑暗和神秘』。1996年出版的第一本專輯《嘯嘯風聲響徹大宅》曾獲得多個文學獎。她的詩歌曾被翻譯成十七種語言。2008年三月出版的《阿伯拉罕的告別》被評論家喻為是馬突爾最優秀的作品，靈感來自數千年來的Sufi傳統，並成功地創造出自我的本體和個人的神話。

It is part of the International Poetry Nights 2011

此乃國際詩歌之夜2011的活動之一

Kubrick Poetry •October• Philosopher King

2011-10-25T00:00:00.001+08:00

時間 Time：2011/10/29 (Saturday) 6:00pm-7:00pm

地點 Venue： Book Attic, 2 Elgin Street, Central

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho & Adam Cheung

詩人 Poet：Ronnie Lee Ka Ching

Ronnie was born in Hong Kong. He is a Chinese poet and philosopher who is achieving his enlightenment through truth, knowledge, and reason. From his Western education, he has developed his style of poetry to incorporate modern philosophy into a foundation for universal understanding.

He tries to see the justice, meaning, and wisdom that are at the core of each of his experiences in this world, sharing his observations with others through his unique poetic words and images. Lee has been writing poetry and philosophy for over nine years. He has self-published 9 books at Outskirts Press: The Book of Life, the Meaning of Life, the Philosopher of Life, Poems of Life, the Genius of the Metropolis, the Philosopher King, etc. He is currently working on his 11th book.

*You are welcome to bring your own creation and share with us.

Kubrick Poetry •September• Strolling

2011-09-19T13:32:00.001+08:00

時間 Time：2011/9/23 (Friday) 7:00pm-8:00pm

地點 Venue： Book Attic, 2 Elgin Street, Central

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho & Adam Cheung

詩人 Poet：宋子江　Chris Song Zijiang

宋子江，廣東人，完成澳門大學文學碩士學位，曾出版兩本詩集《拭擦暗黲的天空》和《千行》。詩歌曾發表在國內，港澳，美國，澳洲，菲律賓和瑞典。現為澳門故事協會執行會長，於嶺南大學工作。

Chris Song Zijiang, a native of Guangdong Province, completed a MA degree in Literature at the University of Macau. Published two poetry collections “wiping the dim sky” and “Strolling”. His works has been seen in China, Macau, Hong Kong, America, Australia, the Philippines and Sweden. He is now the acting director of ASM and working in Lingnan University.

* You are welcome to bring your work to read and share, in any languages.

Voices of America

2011-08-12T00:44:00.009+08:00

(By Adam Cheung)

It was another cozy and intellectually-stimulating gathering at Kubrick Poetry thanks to our guest writers Mitch Berman and Susanne Lee, who not only shared their works but also provided us with plenty of insights on what it means to be a writer.

Mitch started by sharing his poem “Turning”. It was a very moving piece even though Mitch himself, a fiction writer, very humbly, made no claim to be a poet. He also read the story “The Poorest Boy in Chicago” which, he mentioned, was inspired by the experiences of his grandfather.

Susanne shared her work “Vol De Nuit” which is featured in Pow Wow. She read with such a raw and spunky narrative voice that the story felt like a kind of breakthrough from the traditional Asian-American tales.

Both Mitch and Susanne provided vivid anecdotes when introducing Ishmael Reed, the editor of Pow Wow. The new anthology features a wide range of voices from various cultures that have all made a mark on American history.

Kubrick Poetry •July• Pow Wow from America

2011-07-16T01:57:00.005+08:00

時間 Time：2011/7/31 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

作家 Writers：Mitch Berman and Susanne Lee

Mitch Berman and Susanne Lee, featured in the new fiction anthology Pow Wow, edited by Ishmael Reed with Carla Blank. A comprehensive collection of American short fiction from such authors as Zora Neale Hurston, Chester Himes, Robert Coover, Bharati Mukherjee, Benjamin Franklin, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ntozake Shange, Mark Twain, Grace Paley, Russell Banks, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein and James Alan McPherson.

Mitch Berman’s short fiction has been nominated for seven Pushcart Prizes, receiving special mentions from the Pushcarts and Best American Short Stories. He has taught creative writing at the University of Texas and San Jose State University, and his fiction has appeared in TriQuarterly, Antioch Review, Witness, Agni, Southwest Review, Boulevard and Gettsyburg Review. His novel Time Capsule was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Susanne Lee has been a film curator, adjunct professor and international business girl who worked in the World Trade Center and was spared by wanderlust. She has published in Giant Robot, the Village Voice, the Nation, the L.A. Times and Asiaweek. Another part of her story in Pow Wow also appeared in the Guardian UK's Orange Openings Contest.　

* You are welcome to bring your work to read and share, in any languages.

Kubrick Poetry •June • Tightrope! — A Bohemian Tale (novel)

2011-06-12T12:02:00.006+08:00

時間 Time：2011/6/26 (Sunday) 6:00pm-7:00pm
地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)
主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim
詩人來賓 Guest Poet and Writer：Olga Walló

A film-maker father. Mother an actress who didn’t want to act – her finest scene a real-life act: dressed to die defying a Nazi officer seeking the paper-less man concealed in the house.

The Narrator of Tightrope! ─ A Bohemian Tale, an extraordinary, curiously intellectual small girl, undertakes the demanding and costly burden of comprehending the world.

Olga Walló lived for many years in Prague, Czech Republic and now lives in the country-side nearby, She worked for Czech TV for 35 years as a translator and dubbing director and taught dubbing at the Academy of Art. She has translated plays (including 12 by William Shakespeare) and novels.
"I believe that all readers, whatever their different cultural experiences, will find in this novel something to identify with, and I hope that, through the personal accounts of the author, they will be able to trace the complex path which our nation travelled not so long ago."— Václav Havel

You are welcome to bring your work to read and share, in any languages.

Kubrick Poetry • May • Midsummer Enchanted English Poetry Sharing

2011-05-16T23:44:00.005+08:00

時間 Time：2011/5/18 (Wed) 3:50pm-4:40pm

地點 Venue：Yan Chai Hospital No. 2 Secondary School.

主持 Moderator：Polly Ho

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Arthur Leung and Akin Jeje

Arthur Leung was born and raised in Hong Kong. He regularly presents reading of his poetry and has had his poems published in anthologies such as Hong Kong U Writing and Fifty-Fifty, as well as in numerous magazines and journals including Smartish Pace, Yale Anglers’ Journal, Loch Raven Review, Existere, Paper Wasp, Bravado,Taj Mahal Review‏, Poetry Kanto, QLRS, Crannog Literary Magazine, Pulsar Poetry Magazine, Words-Myth, Magma Poetry and elsewhere. Leung has served as external editor for Yuan Yang and as guest poetry editor for Cha. He was a finalist for the 2007 Erskine J. Poetry Prize and a winner of the 2008 Edwin Morgan International Poetry Competition.

Akin Jeje was born in the United States of Nigerian and Kenyan parents in the early 1970s. Akin Jeje now lives and works in Hong Kong. Educated in Canada, he is the graduate of four universities: The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada (BA Sociology 1994); The University of Calgary (BA English 1996); The University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario (MA 2001) and York University in Toronto (B. Ed. Primary/Junior, 2005). An active poet and spoken-word performer – in Canada since the early 1990s, and in Hong Kong since 2006 – Jeje's works have been published and featured in both Canada and Hong Kong. His poetry collection, Smoked Pearl: Poems of Hong Kong and Beyond was published on 23 November 2010.

The 'Midsummer Enchanted English Poetry Sharing' will be held in the school hall of Yan Chai No. 2 Secondary School. The time will start at 3:50 p.m. to 4: 40 p.m. All are welcomed. If you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the programme coordinator, Ms. Polly Ho from Kubrick Poetry and Ms. Caroline Fung, from Yan Chai Hospital No. 2 Secondary School.

http://www.ych2ss.edu.hk/

refrain

2011-04-06T00:12:00.007+08:00

By Adam Cheung

As a way of letting his poetry tell the story, our guest poet, Jason Polley, began right away, without any formal self introduction, by reading his poem “textbooks yelltell truth”, the first poem featured in his collection refrain. This first reading gave the audience a sense of Jason’s poetic style, stringing words and similar sounds to create a moving and continuous picture of India as though one is passing through the streets looking through the window of a moving vehicle. The audience responded to his reading by asking about his experience in India. Jason went on to read “distrust friendly gentleman,” a poem that tells of how he almost had his backpack stolen during his travels. The story triggered all kinds of curiosity from the audience, and this prompted Jason to speak a little bit about the spiritual insights he got from his journey. He described India as a place that takes him out of his comfort zone, and by having to be on your toes constantly, he was able to keep focus on the present. “If you are comfortable, you’re not in the present,” he said. When asked about why he left this writing project incomplete for so many years before picking it up again recently and having it published, Jason talked about the challenge of capturing and preserving that sense of innocence from his first visit to India, especially as he had made subsequent visits to the country. As well, Jason shared his insights on how to strike a balance between creative and academic writing.

In the sharing session, Adam presented a collection of prose pieces inspired by the pictures taken from his visit to Kolkata last month. Milan shared a poem on the topic of marriage, Polly read a solemn poem about a funeral she attended recently, and Timothy shared a poem dedicated to Choi Yuen Village. Such is the variety of our poets.

The evening concluded with Jason copies of refrain. He also revealed that he has a book of fiction coming out in November.

(Photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry •April • Flash Story

2011-03-31T11:00:00.005+08:00

時間 Time：2011/4/22 (Fri) 7:00pm-8:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Thaddeus Rutkowski

Thaddeus Rutkowski grew up in central Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Cornell University and The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of three novels, Haywire, Tetched and Roughhouse. Both Tetched and Roughhouse were finalists for an Asian American Literary Award. He teaches literature at City University of New York and fiction writing at the Writer’s Voice of the West Side YMCA and serves as fiction editor for the literary magazine Many Mountains Moving.

A master of both flash fiction and slam poetry, Rutkowski is a two-time winner of the Poetry Versus Comedy slam at the Bowery Poetry Club and a one-time winner of the Syracuse Poetry Slam and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Friday slam.

You are welcome to bring your work to read and share, in any languages.

* The reading is part of Plug-In-Yourself on Friday night.

無意識的意識

2011-03-25T14:24:00.009+08:00

吳耀宗

2011年1月23日傍晚，Kubrick詩會為我在油麻地的書店舉辦了一場讀詩會。在朗誦《半存在》過後的交流時段裏，有人问詩歌於我有何意義。我説：「它是我生命的一部份。」

這樣的回答或許過於平淡，缺乏驚喜，無法令人滿意，但我以爲貼切地描述了當時脈搏起伏血液流動的姿態。儘管身在室內,在照明燈與麥克風之間，我卻感受到層層的春風吹開綠到不能再綠的樹葉，瞅見展露出來枝幹上變幻莫定的陽光。

這「一部份」，用英文說就是part and parcel - 重要的、主要的 - 不能恣意捐棄。即如學術研究一樣，不能從我的生命中抽走。飯後我買了杯咖啡，沿著小徑回返桃園樓的研究室，途中遇見同事，微笑寒暄，步履如常，這也是生命的一部份。

這「一部份」，在時間如沙粒從手指間漏失的存在中悠悠呼吸，呼出去不必要的誇飾,吸進來舒坦的自在。用矛盾語來說，是「無意識的意識」(unconscious consciousness) ，可以細如檐滴，可以闊如江海。

夜裡小貓輕巧一躍,在我膝上盘曲而卧。我嘀噠嘀噠敲打鍵盤,寫下這樣的字句: 「我是詩歌的一部份。」

Unconscious consciousness

By Gabriel Wu

Following a sunset poetry reading organised by a local literary group called the Kubrick Poetry Club, a member of the audience asked me what poetry meant to me. I had been reading from my recent collection Ban Cun Zai (A Half-Existence) at a bookstore in Yau Ma Tei, and in reply I said, “It is part of my life”.

Perhaps my reply was too dull and unexciting, and didn’t satisfy the audience’s expectations. But I thought it aptly described how my pulse beat and my blood flowed when I replied to the question. Although physically indoors, standing between the spotlight and microphone, I could sense a spring breeze gently blowing to bring forth leaves so green that they could not be greener as I seemed to see the ever-changing sunlight radiating through the twigs and branches.

I could never relinquish this “part”, expressed as part and parcel in English, something which is important and essential, just as I could not ever give up academic research, which is part of my life, too.

I bumped into a colleague after I bought a coffee following my meal, and was heading back to my office in the To Yuen Building. We exchanged greetings and then said our goodbyes, and I returned to my usual footsteps. Such an encounter is also part (and parcel) of life.

This “part” gently breathes in an existence where time slips, like grains of sand through one’s fingers, exhaling unnecessary exaggerations and inhaling a soothing sense of calm. Unconscious consciousness—if I may use an oxymoron—can be felt to be as fine as a single droplet of water clinging to the eaves of a house or as vast as deep rivers and expansive oceans.

Night falls. My kitten leaps onto my lap, curling up to sleep. The only sound is that of my fingers tapping at the keyboard. “I am a part of poetry,” I write.

Special thanks to Linkage from City University for the English version.

http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/puo/newscentre/publication/linkage/images/L288e.pdf

Kubrick Poetry •March • refrain

2011-03-21T17:36:00.001+08:00

時間 Time：2011/3/27 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm
地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)
主持 Moderators：Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim
詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Jason S Polley

Jason S Polley has an interesting background. He allocates his time to reading, scuba diving, practicing yoga, and getting tattooed. He currently teaches American Literature and Culture at Hong Kong Baptist University. refrain is a poetry collection of Jason Polley’s adventure into India as a religious study major back to 1997.

A young man arrives in Delhi with a romanticized view of India, a pocketful of outdated maps, and a money belt begging to be stolen. The stories work as a sprawling dramatic monologue. Polley paintes on a large canvas and his brush stroke are fresh, memorable and cutting edge. There is a magic on this book that is “It keeps on begining”.

You are welcome to bring your work to read and share, in any languages.

Kubrick Poetry • February • You are the poet

2011-02-18T01:17:00.004+08:00

時間 Time：2011/2/27 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

語言 Language：Cantonese, English, French

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：You!

We would like to thank all of you for submitting your poems. We are in the process of reading and appreciating your works. The choice for the wood print complement will be announced at a later time. However, for our February gathering, we would like to invite all of you to come and read your submitted poems. Bring friends. It will be a great time for sharing. New works and new participants are welcome too, of course.

宣佈

2010-12-31T00:40:00.004+08:00

由2011年開始，Kubrick Poetry得到香港藝術發展局的支持，現正收集各方的詩作，語言不限，藝術家黃懷琰利用你的詩句，創作板畫，並製作限量的手製卡。收集詩句的截止日期為2011年1月20日，並於23日詩會朗讀。參加者請把詩作寄到 kubrickpoems@gmail.com 。

Kubrick Poetry祝願各位有一個奇妙的2011年!

Announcement

Starting from 2011, Kubrick Poetry receives support from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. We are calling for poems from you and create limited handmade cards. Our artist and designer, Wong Wai Yim, will create wood print based on the imagination of the poem. Thus poems in any language are welcome! The deadline for submission is 20^th January 2011. Submitted poems will be read and shared on 23^rd January at our regular reading. Interested people please send your work to kubrickpoems@gmail.com.

Kubrick Poetry wish you an awesome 2011!

(photo from Active People in Switzerland)

Kubrick Poetry • 一月 • 半存在

2010-12-31T00:31:00.005+08:00

時間 Time：2011/1/23 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：吳耀宗 (Gabriel Wu)

1965年出生於新加坡，吳耀宗擁有新加坡國立大學學士及碩士，美國西雅圖華盛頓大學碩士及博士學位，從事中國現當代文學研究，現於香港城市大學任教中文､翻譯及語言學。

詩集《半存在》得到2010年新加坡文學獎華文組獎項，此詩集收錄了1995年至2007年創作的詩，在他即將40歲的時候，他看了電影「兩生花」(The Double Life of Veronique)，感觸很大，人不可能是單獨的存在，而所謂的偉大或渺小，其實未必是自己完成，而是另一個地方的另一個生命在成全著我們。

試問有多少人可以擁有一個完整的人生呢？

A Happy Poet

2010-12-28T04:35:00.010+08:00

(Polly Ho)

The Mental Life of Cities is Eddie Tay’s third poetry book published by Chameleon Press while his previous two poetry books, Remnants published by Etho Books and A Lover’s Soliloquy by the Sixth Finger Press.

This third poetry book is on the theme of “meditation on the modern city and creative life”. How does living in Hong Kong contribute to creative writing? Living in the city is the source of Eddie’s writing. Even nature is part of the city in his perspective. The Mental Life of Cities is a bilingual attempt of Eddie’s writing. Born in Singapore, Eddie is more comfortable in speaking and writing English than Chinese yet he wants to experience embedding Chinese in his writing. Chinese characters and short phrases have rich meaning. A good example is “十年樹木，百年樹人” but it take fourteen words to explain the meaning in English “It takes ten years to cultivate a tree, a century for a human being”. Language reveals our history. The moment we speak, our education and background are unveiled simultaneously. Being ethnically Chinese, Eddie is not totally confident in writing Chinese poems for the reason he does not know the history and Chinese literature enough to write it. This is a very humble and demanding requirement of a poet.

Eddie shoulders many responsibilities. He is an assistant professor in Chinese University of Hong Kong teaching children literature, poetry and creative writing. More, he is a review editor of a online journal “Cha”. How can he maintain his creative writing among so many responsibilities? He honestly admits the fact that he does not believing in muse. He believes in solid hard-work, meaning he would sit two hours by the desk in his office in front of the computer and write. Eddie may have disillusioned the typical image of a poet who should be drunk in the night club and whispering lyrical romantic lines. Not only that, Eddie also changed the typical image of a poet who is often frown and sad and living in a poor miserable life. Eddie leads a happy and abundant life with his wife, son and daughter.

A happy poet is one of the finest gems on earth: rare, special and treasurable!

Quiet Night Thoughts

2010-12-08T00:47:00.008+08:00

(Adam Cheung)

Kubrick Poetry celebrated November by bringing together familiar faces and new participants.

Adam started off the session by posing some questions about home. He talked about the idea of having two homes, and he posted a picture of his home in Hong Kong juxtaposed with a picture of his home in Canada. Then he followed with readings from City Voices (an anthology of writings from Hong Kong) and Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino’s well-known work. To him, home always has a connection with the city.

Joy returned to Kubrick Poetry after several months’ absence. This time, she was dressed for the occasion, wearing a t-shirt with the name of her hometown written on it. In addition to reading a poem of her own, she also produced an English translation of Li Bai’s “Quiet Night Thoughts” 《靜夜思》Several participants admitted that Li Bai’s poem is the first poem that comes to mind when they think of home.

Lou entered the discussion by talking about how home seems to be something distant even when he lives with his family, and yet, during his journey to South America, he was amazed by the way the local people received him as though he was a member of their homes. Lou went on to share a Chinese poem he wrote for a friend’s wedding. This was followed by Florence’s reading of a poem by the legendary Polish poet, Wislawa Szymborska.

Crystal, in her first time participating in Kubrick Poetry, began by sharing Angela Aki’s song, 手紙～拝啓十五の君へ (A Letter Written to You Who is Fifteen). Crystal invited us to think about what things we would like to say to those who are younger than us, who are about to experience what we are experiencing. We also had the pleasure of seeing her picture diary, a small sketchbook that pulls open like an accordion. The diary reminds us that poetry is composed not just in words, but also in drawings. We were moved by her ability to record everyday experiences in quick and small sketches.

It was in this fashion that Kubrick Poetry said farewell to November.

(photos by Polly Ho)

Kubrick Poetry‧ December ‧ The Mental life of Cities

2010-12-06T03:12:00.005+08:00

時間 Time：2010/12/26 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue: 油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Eddie Tay

Born in Singapore, Eddie Tay is a long time resident of Hong Kong. He is an assistant professor at the Department of English at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he teaches courses on creative writing, children literature and poetry. Tay is the reviews editor at Cha, An Asian Literary Journal.

Recently, he published his third poetry collection, The Mental Life of Cities. The collection is "a meditation on the modern city and creative life" and the poems are inspired by "the ways in which the English and the Chinese languages intertwine and take root in the Asian cities of Hong Kong and Singapore". He has authored two collections of poetry: Remnants and A Lover’s Soliloquy.

You are welcome to bring your own work to share, as always.

Kubrick Poetry • November • Poems or poets away from home

2010-11-05T17:53:00.002+08:00

時間：2010/11/28 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm
地點：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)
主持：Adam Cheung, Polly Ho, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

November, the second-last month of the year, is an awkward entity. If not handled with care, such a time can pull us into strange territories.

This month, Kubrick Poetry invites you to ponder this theme: “Poems or poets away from home”. What does it mean to be away from home? What expressions and sentiments stir us when we are away from home? You may even ask, what is ‘home’? Where is it? Are you longing, reminiscing, defining, searching, or building your own? What is the difference between writing away from home and writing at home?

This event is open to public. As always, we encourage you to share spoken words by writers that you enjoy and/or any words, poems, or poetic prose that you have written (in any language or form). The purpose is to share and express our appreciation for poetry.

(by Adam Cheung)

Kubrick Poetry‧ October ‧ In the Arm of the Beloved

2010-09-20T00:26:00.004+08:00

時間 Time：2010/10/28 (Thursday) 7:00pm-9:00pm

地點 Venue： Book Attic (Shop D1, 7-17 Amoy Street, Wan Chai)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Florence Ng, Adam Cheung

詩人來賓 Guest Poet: Sayed Gouda

In Rumi’s poetry, love is the soul of the universe.

Rumi’s poetry has the magical ability to show us truth and to unlock love’s precious secrets. Within the folds of his words, we gain entrance to a hidden chamber; we hear whispers that are ancient; we behold the endless love story between the individual soul and God.

The goal of Sufism is to know love in all of its glorious forms; and every prophet, every practice, and every form of worship that leads toward love.

(by Polly)

Kubrick Poetry‧ 九月‧ 童話之詩

2010-09-20T00:25:00.001+08:00

時間：2010/9/26 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持：Polly Ho, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

很久很久以前，有四隻小兔子──跳跳、蹬蹬、短尾巴和彼得，牠們和媽媽一起住在一棵巨大的冷杉樹下的小沙丘後面……

四隻小兔子，打開了一道童話王國的大門。在大自然被摧殘得千瘡百孔的今天，大概再沒有人能像Beatrix Potter那樣，撰寫和繪畫富有詩意和有豐富細節的動物故事了。兒童都喜歡小動物，也喜歡唸童謠，Beatrix Potter在某些最美麗的故事中，能同時巧妙地糅合這兩種元素，創造愉快的閱讀經驗。另一位兒童文學作家Lewis Carroll也很喜歡在他膾炙人口的Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland加插童謠，你們還想起哪些作家精於此道呢？

歡迎大家把你喜歡或創作甚至伴你成長的童謠帶來一起分享和討論。

(by Florence)

Kubrick Poetry‧ August ‧ Lyricism and Translation

2010-08-02T02:38:00.001+08:00

時間 Time：2010/8/29 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim, Polly Ho, Adam Cheung

詩人來賓 Guest Poet: Camille Loivier

Born in France in 1965, Camille’s recent book publications include Elegy for a Bird (2005), Caractères (2009), and It Is Night (2009). In addition to having published poems in literature reviews such as Dans la Lune, she has also done editing work for the literature review Neige d’Août since 1999, focusing on lyricism and Asian poetry. Camille has also produced French translations of the works of Taiwanese novelist Wang Wen-hsing and poets including Hung Hung, Hsia Yu, and Leung Ping-kwan.

While Camille will read from her works in French and Chinese, participants are also welcome to share poems or other forms of creative writing in any language. Knowledge of French is not required, but one will surely take away some words or phrases to savor.

(by Adam Cheung)

大熱暑天

2010-08-02T02:20:00.008+08:00

（Polly Ho）

大熱暑天，除了睡午覺、游泳外，詩友聚首一起，談詩之餘，亦互相問好，一個傍晚在無數個傍晚中又過去了。

開首的是Adam，他試譯了兩首歌詞，有鄭國江填詞的《落葉季節》和The Eagles的Desperado，鄭國江的詞在Adam的試譯下，變成一首詩Autumn Leaves(blog: www.kaleidospot.blogspot.com)。從秋葉，聯想起一首法國經典詩歌“Les Feuilles Mortes”，即場找到Yves Montand唱的版本。新來的詩友米蘭分享了三首詩，其中《當我向山舉目》和《你們仨》是寫在六四聚會之後，她即席以Santa Lucia的旋律配以五言詩《登鸛鵲樓》，以國語唱出，合節拍、合韻樂。米蘭亦帶來了潘國靈刊登在《秋螢》詩刊的一首詩，名為《身體微塵》，觸動在座的每一位，米蘭讀完之後，Oswald忍不住再讀一遍。

身體微塵

﹣潘國靈

做不到一顆星，或者可以做一顆微塵。

星也有暗啞的時候，而微塵偶爾飛舞。

起碼墜落無聲，不會驚嚇。

我的左臉比我的右臉老得快，

這樣我就成了一個分裂的人。

一個年輕，一個衰老，

互相對話或對峙，

而潘彼得慢慢慢慢還是會變成浮士德的。

我身體的零件一分一分的朽壞，

從外表你未必看得出來。

過程非常沉靜，我不喧嘩，

優雅是我僅可保有的尊嚴。

二○一○年五月十七日

最後，我亦分享了台灣詩人鴻鴻的詩，其中一首是去年他在國際詩歌節上讀過的，印象十分深刻。

不管我在哪兒

﹣鴻鴻

不管我在哪兒，我都不在那裡

不管我說了什麼，我都是別的意思

不管我夢見什麼，我都一樣清醒

我愛，但我愛的不是別人，也不是你

如果我的心劇烈跳動，那只是因為

他們的心也跳得同樣劇烈，同樣無聲

那些睡在陌生人身旁的新娘

那些離鄉背井的工人

那些在革命廣場上吶喊

卻突然感到茫然的學生

那些被自由束縛的情人

注視我，我便在你眼裡

吻我，我便在你舌尖

握緊我，我便在你手掌中呼吸

忘記我，我便永遠在你心底

(Photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry‧ 七月‧ 大暑

2010-07-11T22:50:00.002+08:00

時間：2010/7/25 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持：Polly Ho, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim

住處附近有一個山林，一片廣闊的天空。山林住有唐狗，他們到了晚上十一時半後才會下來，此時，繞著山腳的行人路只有零星的路人。唐狗會以一隻探路，另一隻等待同伴的信息後才會從草叢中冒出來。在昏黃的街燈下，牠們清潔和勻稱的身軀呈奶黃色，漂亮的尾巴神氣地向上翹起。牠們見到人不會好奇也不會抓狂，人一邊狗一邊，各自朝自己的目的地走去。

這一兩天在同樣的時間同樣的地點卻沒有發現牠們的踪影。我不敢多想，不希望牠們應了潘國靈所寫的：「真實的動物叫苦連天，而虛擬的，受寵無驚。」

我們寫詩的人是不是也像晚上十一時半後從汗蒸的山林走下來透透氣的生靈？大暑是詩人的繆思還是噩夢？

歡迎各參與者帶來詩歌創作。

Kubrick Poetry is open to the public. You’re welcome to bring along your own poems or poems you like to share with us.

(by Florence Ng)

六月詩會後記

2010-07-08T00:56:00.002+08:00

(Florence Ng)

因緣際會，看了電影資料館播放的德語片Clara。Clara是作曲家舒曼的妻子，Clara自己本身也是知名的鋼琴家，一生致力推廣舒曼的音樂。根據維基百科的資料，Clara是現代鋼琴音樂的革命者及奠基者。

這樣一位出色女性的故事，配上流麗的琴音，不但縈繞了整個晚上，還靈養我至今。人生中能夠縈繞讓你低迴的事有多少？達到「起舞弄清影」那個境界的有又多少？

六月，介乎燥熱與溫婉之間，淡雅的詩友喜蓮，帶著她純淨脫俗的畫，透過孩子般的眼睛，走進香港的永利街、藍屋，以詩歌說愛，思考，歎息；詩中有畫，畫中有詩。從加拿大學成回來的Adam，介紹他如何用手機和短文捕捉一瞬即逝的影像，「加拿大認識的香港是陳奕迅，香港是否只有這些？我回來後發現香港有《字花》等文化產物，也只有回到這塊土地才會看到。」真願有更多人發掘發揮發酵「香港」。第一次來的阿強，第一次用詩歌述這一代年青人的憂愁；「我們詩寫」的青年小風，則分享詩社即時jam詩的潮玩。詩友Oswald用德語朗讀歌德（Goethe）的Der Erlkonig〈魔王〉，喪失孩子的哀痛令即使不懂德語的人也動容；無獨有偶，座中竟有來自德國的朋友Martin，他倆於是談起來。詩會的終章是為Kubrick poetry長年默默奉獻的義務攝影師Paul的兩輯匈牙利相片(匈牙利的Shoes on the River Danube 和維也納中央墓園)，配以音樂家Carrie Yu的爵士樂，大家靜靜傾聽，遊走於異國的街道。

書寫這篇後記之時，六月最後一個週日的畫面和樂聲又再奏起，縈迴不去……

Afterthought of June Kubrick Poetry

One night I happened to watch a movie which depicted the life of the famous German musician and pianist Clara Schumann. I have never imagined that the music of a movie can go beyond the screen and accompany me till now.

Thinking back on our lives, how many moments can travel beyond the past and accompany us till now? Can you count the times when you felt like dancing in a crystal palace in the Milky Way?

June--a month in the season of uncertainty. We gathered at Kubrick as usual. Artist Helene brought along her breathtaking paintings with her poems. She told us her passion and thoughts on local streets and relics. Adam, a boy who comes back from Canada, told us how he used mobile snapshots and thought provoking mini-prose to search for the root of Hong Kong. Ah Keung, another youngster who came for the first time, shared with us his first poem. ‘Siu Fung’ from the poetry club We-er stunned us with We-er’s idea of improvising poems. Oswald moved us with his reading of the original German poem Der Erlkonig by Goethe, which brought him to a discussion with another German participant, Martin. The finale of June Kubrick Poetry was contributed by the humane photos of a trip to Austria and Hungary by Paul, our voluntary photographer. The photos, merged with the beautiful jazz music of Carrie Yu, carried all of us to places afar.

The music of June Kubrick Poetry goes on and on …

(photos by Paul Wan)

二○一○年六月詩會後感

2010-06-29T06:48:00.001+08:00

六月廿七日, 雨天。

本月的主題是Florence提議的自由題, 詩會沒有邀請詩人, 而是叫觀眾帶自己的作品來分享, 其形式不限。

今天整天下雨, 倒很有詩意, 我沒有什麼想發表, 只不過到場打打氣。

在巴士上看着窗外的雨天, 不知今天有多少人會真的帶自己的作品來讀? 眼睛看着觀塘碼頭的海面, 不禁想起五年前剛回香港, 遇到Florence的時候。她說想要在kubrick做一個詩會, 希望能有一個平台, 讓香港人可大膽地, 站起來向公眾唸出他們的詩句。

這種行為在歐洲很常見, 我在柏林的咖啡館, 看見有人喝着咖啡, 就忽然就站起來, 大聲唸出自己的詩作, 人們也很欣賞, 沒有人會當他是傻瓜的。

真的要謝謝Amanda每月借出kubrick的場地, 及kubrick工作人員的幫忙, 讓每一次的詩會都得以成事。那時只知一次又一次地做下去, 也不知道能做多久。

還記得開頭的一年, 只有Florence向着喝咖啡的公眾說話, 每每邀請他們坐進來與我們一同唸詩, 人們只以沉默的眼光回報. 每次都只有小貓三倆隻。

後來慢慢地聚集了一小羣人. 也不記得什麼時候, Polly 也加入了。有了Polly這個生力軍, 令到詩會生色不小, 她每次都能邀請不同的詩人來, 亦嘗試了不同的形式, 把詩會搞得有聲有色。並為詩會帶來不同層面的公眾, 大大地增加了參與者的數目。而我一向只是一個懶散閒人。有時來, 更多時候連人也不在香港.

轉眼間, 五年將至, 當年Florence 默默發起的詩會, Polly努力耕耘的文學聚會, 在今天, 又回到最初的夢想。Florence, 你看! 你最初的心愿成功了。門外雖然下着大雨, 你看! 有多少人帶着他們的作品來到。不論是專業的、業餘的, 還是第一次寫詩的。不但有文字創作, 還有音樂、繪畫、攝影等不同的藝術媒介, 雙互交流。大家都十分享受這次的聚會, 更有人希望我們多舉辦這些大眾作品分享的活動。香港其實有很多人在創作, 只是缺乏地方讓他們發表。

Florence, 多謝你, 你做了一個成功的詩會。Polly, 多謝你, 你讓詩會壯大。你們創造了一個讓香港人能開放地, 自由自在地, 忽然就站起來向公眾唸詩的場地。

二○一○年六月廿八日

黄懷琰

Kubrick Poetry‧ 六月詩會‧翅膀

2010-06-09T00:31:00.003+08:00

時間 Time：2010/6/27 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Wong Wai Yim

全球暖化，仲春的香港早已聽到蟬鳴。蟬的身軀肥壯，卻靠著薄紗般的翅膀短暫逃離樹的束縛，如水的翅膀透現藍色的天空，這個蟬短短一生永遠也無法到達的地方。踏入第五個年頭的Kubrick詩會，每月聚會的時間雖短，卻帶著詩友飛往不同的天空，經歷各式人等的夢和甜酸苦樂。這次我們的天空將會無限開放，無論你是Kubrick詩友，還是好奇的過路人，都歡迎你們攜來自己的詩或是別人的詩，用自己的方式演繹這些作品，過一個自由自在無拘無束的下午。

Kubrick Poetry‧ May‧ In Conversation with the River

2010-05-02T22:20:00.000+08:00

時間 Time：2010/5/30 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Kit Kelen

In Conversation with the River is Christopher (Kit) Kelen's homage to the Chinese traditions in poetry. It is a philosophical as well as a chronological journey; its persistent backdrop is the daziran (great nature) of the Chinese tradition; its persistent concern is with the future of human relationships with an environment under ever greater strain.

Having lived in China for the last twelve years, Kelen has worked collaboratively on the translation of a range of classical poets, including Tao Yuanming, Meng Jiao, Xin Qiji, Li Yu, Nalan Xingde and many of the women poets of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Kelen has collaborated in the translation of a number of contemporary Chinese poets, including Yao Feng and Leung Ping Kwan. He has also - as a teacher of Creative Writing - mentored younger Chinese poets in the production of their first volumes of poetry, published usually as parallel text in Chinese and in English.

This is the second time for Kit Kelen to read at Kubrick. The reading is in English. You are welcome to bring your own poem to read or your favourite poem to share.

The Owl

2010-05-02T22:03:00.005+08:00

(Polly Ho)

Having lived in Hong Kong since 1970, Gillian Bickley has recently concluded her more than 30 years of teaching in university as a teacher of English Literature. Currently, she dedicates her time on the independent press “Proverse Hong Kong” which she co-founded with her husband Verner Bickley. The name “Proverse” is a combination of “prose” and “verse”. In 2008, they set up the Proverse Prize for unpublished writing that is non-fiction, fiction or poetry. To allow more people to have the opportunity to publish their works, there is no nationality or residence restriction. Translation work are acceptable as long as there is English version.

How can Gillian manage to write poems among the tight schedule every day? She is a observant person with sharp eye and is able to see poetry at different corner. The trick is making note whenever she came across something interesting and put it in a folder called “poem to be written”. When she is away for summer holidays, she will take the whole folder with her and finish the poems in the holidays. So far she published four collections of poetry and they are the honest record of her life.

One of the interesting discussions is on the poem “Funeral Owl”. It is a poem written based on the experience crawling inside a Neolithic cairn in North-East Scotland in which she feels “nothing”. The feeling of “nothingness” surprises her as she expects some conscious communication from the people living thousands years ago when the cairn are constructed. Further, Florence asked why she choose a concrete name for a poem that is conveying the message of nothingness. Gillian responds that concrete image is easier to provoke imagination. Another participant enjoys Gillian’s reading simply listening to it for its sake.

Literature is an inseparable part of her life and career, yet, she has a very clear standpoint in viewing literature and life. To her, life experience is more important than literature. Can you not agree she has sharp eyes and clear mind?

(photos by Paul Wan)

To view Gillian’s writing of the reading, please visit: http://proversepublishing.com/gillian_bickley_reads_at_kubrick

A Melancholy Voice

2010-05-01T23:37:00.015+08:00

(Polly Ho)

Do you believe there is a voice that always sings its melody to the world, a voice of truth and certainty? Rainer Maria Rilke heard this voice and wrote for three days “in a single breathless obedience”.

Wolfgang Kubin is a German Sinologist, poet and translator. He came to Hong Kong to teach at the Lingnan University for one semester in 2010. Being a widely-known Sinologist, he confesses that he doesn’t recognize himself as much as a Sinologist than a poet or translator or simply a scholar for the reason that most Sinologists don’t really “think”. How does he see China in the 21st century? To him, China is getting the attention only because of its economical strength but not of its culture influence and history.

Kubin is trying to understand the world by learning as many languages as possible, at least those countries he has visited. He is fluent in three languages: German, Mandarin and English. Fluency by definition is read and spoken comfortably and effectively. He taught himself other languages, including some ancient language like Greek, Hebrew, Latin and ancient Chinese. Ancient Chinese is one of the most difficult language to learn for him. Why it is important to learn a foreign language? “It’s a total different thinking pattern from one language system to another. When I am speaking German, my logical thinking is not the same when I am speaking Mandarin.”

Poetry doesn’t sell. It is not only true in Hong Kong but also true in Germany. Kubin said frankly that even his publisher urge him to write more essay than poetry. However, he insists on writing poem every morning as early as 5am. Strange enough, if he doesn’t write, he will fall ill that day. “I cannot write poem at night. I spend the whole day preparing for a poem in the next morning to write it down.” Kubin read his poetry in three languages: German, English and Mandarin. A poem speaks different melody in three different languages but his German reading is the most striking. It is the source voice, the melancholy voice. To him, poetry is the expression of melancholy. What is melancholy? It is not pure sorrow or sadness, but a deep understanding and consciousness of the sorrow of life.

(photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry‧ 四月之二‧ poetry in everyday life

2010-03-26T10:09:00.002+08:00

時間 Time：2010/４/25 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Gillian Bickley

Gillian Bickley was born and educated in the United Kingdom and has lived mostly in Hong Kong since 1970. Her poetry has been anthologised in different countries and has been translated into several languages. Bickley has held academic university positions in Hong Kong, Nigeria and New Zealand. She has recently concluded a career as a University teacher of English Literature. With her husband, Verner Bickley, she is co-founder of The Proverse Literary Prize for unpublished writing.

“China Suite and other Poems” is her fourth collection of poems in which she responds to people, art and life, creating a record of her particular space in time such as Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, Sukhothai, Honolulu, Mexico City and northernmost Scotland. Gillian finds poetry in everyday life.

The reading is in English.

Kubrick Poetry‧ 四月之一‧ 顧彬談詩

2010-03-26T10:06:00.002+08:00

時間 Time：2010/４/４ (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：沃爾夫岡·顧彬(Wolfgang Kubin)

沃爾夫岡·顧彬(Wolfgang Kubin)，是德國漢學家、詩人和翻譯家，是中國以外最重要的漢學家之一。顧彬擔任波恩大學的漢學系主任教授，亦同時擔任《袖珍漢學》和《東方‧方向》兩份重要德文漢學和亞洲文化雜誌的主編。研究領域以中國古典文學､現當代文學及中國思想史為主，他以翻譯現代中國散文和中國詩歌而在漢學界為人所知。他的《二十世紀中國文學史》（華東師范大學出版社）是他重要的中文著作之一。

是次詩會以德語､中文和英語朗誦，顧彬與我們簡單地讀詩談詩。

Wolfgang Kubin is a German sinologist, poet and translator, one of the most important sinologists living outside China. He is the director of the University of Bonn’s for Institute of Chinese Studies, also the editor for both the influential Sinologist journal “Minima Sinica” and periodical journal “ Orientations”. His research areas includes classical Chinese literature, contemporary and modern literature and Chinese philosophy/ His translations of prose and poetry earn him a wider reputation among sinologists worldwide. “The History of Chinese Literature in 20th Century” published by Huadong Shifan Daxue in Shanghai is one of his major Chinese work.

Kubin will read his poems and talk about poetry with us. The readings will be in German, Chinese and English.

Some words for kubrick poetry

2010-03-17T00:55:00.003+08:00

祝賀Kubrick Poetry邁進第五個年頭，

願詩歌精神更多進入我們的生活，

願更多人詩歌人生。

--- Carrie Yu

As I have only attended your reading sessions twice, I am not in a position to give constructive comments. However, I think it would be nice if you could give a short introduction of the poet, say, for three or four minutes in the beginning, so that people will know more about him / her. Also, would it be more effective if the interview follows the reading, so that we can get more familiar with the poet and his work first and thus appreciate better the questions and answers.

--- Joseph Lee

I started going to kubrick poetry two years ago. It was because at that time I started to be interested in poetry, and was delighted to know that there's a poetry grouping Hong Kong. Kubrick poetry gave me a warm, and welcomed environment to enjoy poetry. Polly is a nice and friendly organiser who very much enjoyed poetry. In overall sense, kubrick poetry is well-organised with invitation of special guests from different walks of life, which broaden the horizons of audiences. Here, I have met several friends who also enjoy poetry and we would gather together to attend poetry gatherings,talks, etc.

Kubrick poetry uses the guest-audience approach to meet readers. I believe it is somehow an effective approach which can easily control the flow of the whole gathering. However, it would be monotone if we just gather and listen. Luckily, kubrick poetry has been organising some outdoor actitivies, so that we can experience poetry outside the "box".

Kubrick poetry gave me support and nutured me how to make life better with poetry. If there's no Kubrick poetry, it would not have We-er. (We-er is a self-formed poetry group which aims to lead audiences to enjoy and experience poetry)

--- Siufung

I’ve been to Kubrick Poetry twice, the first one was in Joseph’s Galerie Klee, a delicate art gallery; the other one was my professor and friend Steve’s reading from his new book. I had a great time reading poems by Joseph and Steve, listening to the background stories about the poems, and meeting with the “masters” and other poetry lovers. Happy Birthday to Kubrick Poetry! I hope it will last forever! And I wish I could have my own poetry reading in Kubrick one day!

---Dena (He Lurong)

雷聲與蟬鳴

2010-03-17T00:24:00.009+08:00

(Polly Ho)

《雷聲與蟬鳴》是梁秉鈞的第一本詩集，此書細分七個部份：未昇、突發性演出、香港、澳門、廣州／肇慶、臺灣、浮苔。細心一看，你可以從這本詩集看到梁秉鈞後期的發展脈絡，包括城市研究﹑文化研究﹑食物詩的延伸。

復刻版於二零零九年由文化工房出版，袁兆昌找來詩集同齡人一起重新創造，江康泉（江記）和智海是書本的幀裝設計師，智海又是繪圖師。復刻版選用較為昂貴的瑞典紙，江記直言喜歡這紙前後不一的觸感，半透明的瑞典紙可以看到背面未完的詩句，柔軟的瑞典紙正好適合習慣一手捲起書皮閱讀的讀者，江記說：「薄薄的紙有點像蟬翼呢。」智海的一幅手描畫被切割成六份，成為此書的插圖，他認為雷聲是來自天上的雷神，後來他在畫上加添了一個可以呼風喚兩雨的雷神。從紙張選取到繪圖，當中的心思是顯而易見。袁兆昌坦言特種紙張加上亮麗的黑色書邊令成本提高了不少，他笑說有朋友說這是文化工房出版以來最漂亮的一本書。

新出復刻版原來並非指板畫設計，相反，原版的《雷聲與蟬鳴》的封面設計才是板畫，抽刀者是板畫藝術家劉掬色（原名劉佩儀），新舊版同場展示，舊版看上並不古老，它依然是落落大方。

三十年前寫下的詩句，今天再讀，仍然有時代感。辟如其中一首名為《信》的詩，詩人在趕稿的時候桌面上放著一封「你」的來信：

有時有人喚出我的名字

我還在這裡

低頭工作

偶然想想你的來信

偶然站起來

給自己再倒一杯咖啡

江記說得很傳神：「這情況就像現在我們一邊工作一邊開ＭＳＮ聊天。」梁秉鈞說再讀當年的詩，一些當年的事或感受未必清楚記得，但若然寫成詩句，再讀又會重拾舊記憶。

在場的杜家祁說她教新詩一定教這兩首詩，其一是《青晨》，其二是《聽歌》。《青晨》的妙處在這個「青」字，在熱咖啡和烤麵包的餐桌上找夢，找到的是淡綠的重影。　

熱咖啡和烤麵包

還有我的夢呢

在暗涼淡綠的重影中

咖啡壺兀自在一角蒸氣發熱

《聽歌》是一首長詩，情節像電影剪接過的片段，當天我們很不浪漫地每人讀一小節，把它完成。

《雷聲與蟬鳴》，如杜家祁所言，會在香港文學史上佔一席位，不論你手上擁有的是新版或是舊版，它的分量是一樣的重。

(photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick 在哪裡？

2010-01-31T18:07:00.003+08:00

許多人聽過Kubrick書店，但未必知道它在哪裡，這就是它的地址：油麻地眾坊街3號駿發花園h2地舖

Many people have heard of Kubrick Bookstore but not many know its exact location. Here it is: shop h2, prosperous garden, 3 public square st., yaumatei, kln, hksar.

More detail: http://www.kubrick.com.hk/about.html

Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps/user?uid=113499883676308568470&hl=en&ptab=2

Kubrick Poetry‧ 二月‧ 獻給梁秉鈞的一份禮物

2010-01-31T18:00:00.000+08:00

時間 Time：2010/2/28 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm
地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：梁秉鈞､袁兆昌､智海､江康泉

原版為大拇指半月刊出版之《雷聲與蟬鳴》。此書絕版三十載，見證香港文學發展，影響幾代香港作家。由文化工房召集與詩集同齡的創作人，為梁秉鈞的第一本詩集重新設計，復刻重印，讓新生代讀者有機會閱讀它。這本書感動我們，不止於它的新封面，它代表了兩代人的生命延續，是新一代獻給梁秉鈞的一份禮物。

翻開詩集，你會讀到梁秉鈞於三十年前寫下的詩句，讀到他當年的熱情和詩意，今天再讀，仍是首首新詩。這次我們和梁秉鈞､袁兆昌等一起說《雷聲與蟬鳴》的做書過程。

二月是一個特別的月份，自從零六年二月創立至今，Kubrick詩會邁進第五個年頭，詩會結束後有一個簡單的慶祝，歡迎各位朋友到來，在此感謝一直支持我們的朋友。

A Voice from Texas

2010-01-10T16:29:00.009+08:00

(Polly Ho)

It is a wonderful way to start a new year for the light! Poetry illuminates hope, passion and joy. It reaches us as a connection of the past, present and future. More, it connects people’s heart.

With the will to do a book launch at Kubrick, Steven Schroeder shipped 5 of his new poetry book “a dim sum of the day before” all the way from Texas to Hong Kong. Texas is a dear place to Steven for he grew up in Texas Panhandle. The memory of the plain is deeply rooted in his subconsciousness. Wherever he is or whatever he is writing about, his friends put is, he is talking about Texas.

Granted with mulit-talents, Steven is a writer and professor at the University of Chicago and Shenzhen University, a co-founder and organizer of the VAC(Virtual Arts Collective) and the Chicago-Kuming poetry group respectively. Steven is a philosopher and poet. He is interested in understanding the relationship of poetry with philosophy and he publishes extensively on this subject. Before writing poetry, he is actually a painter and he still paints and draws. Perhaps the best way to introduce Steven as and just as “Steve”.

People often ask him when he is in China “Why do you come to China?” or “Why do you go to China?” when he is in Chicago. In answering these questions, he wrote a poem “For the Light” included in the new poetry book.

I come to China to learn to walk away /for the light / for silence in a wall of sound/ for the leaves, always autumn/ for the children / for the tricycle flower garden / OR

No one goes anywhere for any reason

but for love, drawn

by circles of friends, driven

by circles broken.

There is no place

but this.

没有人无缘无故去某个地方

除了爱，还被

朋友圈子吸引，被

拆开的圈子驱使。

没有地方可去

除了这里。

(translated by Li Sen and Wang Hao/ 王浩、李森译)

Apart from being a writer, professor, philosopher, poet and painter, Steven is the dearest teacher, mentor and friend for his students. In the process of contacting and preparation, some of his students write to me, expressing the pain they have to think of him being away to Chicago for half year’s time.

Writing poetry is a process of slowing down. In slowing down, you will have a better concentration, better analysis, better quality of living and a better breath of air. Steven will agree on this, will you?

Online chapbook of a dim sum of the day before: stevenschroeder.org/kubrick-cahpbook.thumbnails.htm

(Photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry‧ January ‧ For the Light

2009-12-21T07:50:00.007+08:00

時間 Time：2010/1/3 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：Steven Schroeder

Steven Schroeder (http://stevenschroeder.org/) grew up in the Texas Panhandle, where he first learned to take nothing seriously, and his poetry continues to be rooted in the experience of the Plains. He received his Ph.D. in Ethics and Society from the University of Chicago in 1982. He is the co-founder, with composer Clarice Assad, of the Virtual Artists Collective (a "virtual" gathering of musicians, poets, and visual artists), which has published five full-length poetry collections each year since it began in 2004. He has published extensively in philosophy and religious studies and has lectured and written on the relationship of poetry with philosophy. He teaches at the University of Chicago in the Basic Program of Liberal Education for Adults and at Shenzhen University (China).

Steven Schroeder is launching a new book of poetry named “ a dim sum of the day before” in January of 2010. He is making his way and crossing the border from Shenzhen to Hong Kong. In January 3, we are gathering for the light. Hope to see you at Kubrick in our first event in 2010 in this consecutive 5 years since 2006.

史蒂文·施羅德 (http://stevenschroeder.org/) 成長於德州西北地區，在這個地方，他學會了遊戲人間，他的詩歌寫作仍受他小時候居住在平原的經驗所影響。1982年，施路德在芝加哥大學修畢社會倫理學哲學博士。史蒂文和作曲家 Clarice Assad一起創立了虛擬藝術家部落（音樂家、詩人和視覺藝術家的虛擬聚點);2004年開始，他們每年都共同出版長篇詩集，至今已有五本。史蒂文出版了許多有關哲學和宗教的文章，研究詩歌與哲學的關係。現時他任教於芝加哥大學的成人基礎通識課程及深圳大學。

史蒂文·施羅德2010年1月將出版一本名為《昨天的點心》的詩集，1月3日他從深圳跨越邊境到達香港，跟我們一起在亮光下相聚。希望能在2010年，詩會的第五個年頭，在kubrick書店第一個活動上見到你!

李超鵬詩選

2009-12-21T07:45:00.003+08:00

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山深處

四月

櫻千樹

何年

獨闖

他們終要

一個個的離去

驀然日已暮

只剩你

獨闖歸途

然而

舊徑盡是蓬蒿

也許

從來便不曾有路

自古只得

混沌藍圖

應許

一山又一山

斜暉餘下無幾

水已喝光

他們都捨棄了你

你以為這山後

便是應許之地

卻只見一道

逾越不得的蕃籬

究竟有力者曾否應許

你已無法記起

也許有力者從未存在

古今都在落力演戲

春色

又來到這寂寥谷地

濕潤的空氣無聲

池塘青草依舊

人不能靜

是春色特別浪漫

挑引遊子入定

是到了杜鵑花季

濃豔嫣紅甦醒

分明枝上含苞

已見遍地落英

黑大荒

難道你仍舊不知道

無人能給世界亮光

世界只得一片黑暗

無邊無際的黑大荒

你要自造慧眼見到

漆黑當中五色跌宕

黑裡的黃多詭秘

黑裡的青多瘋狂

黑裡的赤多嫵媚

黑裡的白多荒唐

黑裡的黑當然是

無始無終的大虛妄

高野山行

高野山在和歌山縣，空海和尚開山千年，寺院過百，自當是刻苦修煉明心見性之好地方。2006年12月與 K 往高野山體驗宿坊滋味，居福智院，寬敞舒適，設施完備，竟與日式溫泉旅館相若，只不過加上祈福寫經晨課等有料活動。首日雨中步奧の院參道，林木高聳，不見天日，直達規模宏壯之大師御廟，流連玄奧之境，歸時已黃昏。次日天大寒，遠遊山中女人道。山徑環山繞行，所以名者，蓋昔日女人不能進入高野聖山之中心部份，只能在週邊之山林往還也。山幽澗清，林寂徑曲，午後走至円通律寺附近，雨後之木橋極滑， K 不慎跌下溪中，右手骨折，左腳筋傷，不良於行。時在深山中，林野無人，幾經艱苦，蹣跚蠕行近兩小時始聞犬吠車喧，獲致救贖，天已全黑矣。

空海的千年靈山上

還會有誰探索究竟

虛妄造作的精進料理

喑啞了佛壇鐘磬

任桃源熱湯如何沸騰

都不肯把污垢滌清

只有那素樸侍女

不須千金寫經

還有那秋後落葉

無言皈依寂靜

昨日暮雨漫走兩公里

路旁盡是英雄的墓陵

奧院參道已透玄黑

猶遮不住往昔的虛榮

今日行走空山中

尋找老樹的清音傾聽

細味新雨後鮮香

沐浴雲霧飄渺的仙景

於是尚可徐徐進入

瀰漫聖地的空靈

誰知那一刻幾時要來

惦念童女備油的聰明

地藏菩薩旁的木橋上

重塑無邪柔嬰

把概念的虛空

換來羽翼輕盈

就在莫名興奮中

隨意清溪飛迎

顧不了肢體破損

好讓靈魂驀地甦醒

圖上的円通律寺

應是苦難的救拯

奈何遍尋密林岔道

四野只透尺八幽情

證悟奧妙的一個時辰

墜入奇異寂境

欣然執子之手

上下苦路尋索天命

是沈吟往事的相依

暮色中開示萬化空淨

黃蝶

雜花香

山林翠

土黃翅膀的蝴蝶

執意和我小聚

在我面前引路

即使碰上伴侶

也只會打個招呼

一起翻騰急速升墜

只一個回合又落到

徑上脈脈相覷

在我面前一尺

亭亭挺立落葉堆

坦蕩蕩攤開翅膀

叫我在豔麗中陶醉

含羞答答猝然合上

節拍悠揚儼若芭蕾

開開合合情意濃

何必探問你是誰

且就癡癡對望

交換心心妙緒

山徑長

小蝶累

遂把精靈

化作真身纍纍

一蝶復一蝶

組成奇妙縱隊

土黃接土黃

領我山中走去

趁光仍在

切莫尋夢貪睡

你要盡吸能量翻飛

我就如影步步追隨

光對於一位畫家有多重要？

2009-12-20T01:31:00.007+08:00

(Polly Ho)

Joseph(李超鵬)興高彩烈地告訢我：「從來沒有人稱我為詩人，人們從來只叫我做畫家，詩人是頭一回。」

Joseph的背景很有趣，他本身是數學老師，從事教育二十年，８７年才專注藝術事業，９２年成立葵里畫廊（Galerie Klee），休業十年，０９年才重開，開設畫廊的目的是在遊人如鯽的中環建一個綠洲，讓人們可以走進一個寧靜的環境安坐。畫廊主要展覽 Joseph的畫作以及出版圖書。Joseph的畫和詩作很有唐人王維的風格，「詩中有畫，畫中有詩」，畫中有花香味，詩中有黃蝶飛。

Joseph和太太Katherine十分恩愛，他們經常出國旅遊，他們有一個共同的心願，想踏足日本吉野山看櫻花盛開，作好了計劃，買了機票，可惜Katherine在高野山不小心摔倒，他們想一起到吉野山的心願也就擱置了，也正因為這樣子，Joseph寫了２首詩，一首短詩《相約》、一首長詩《高野山行》。

Joseph今年６９歲了，但依然畫畫寫作，每次效遊行山，靈感就如泉湧，他在大自然中吸收養份，化為顏色，他的畫作色彩斑爛，鳥語花香，令人看得稱心悅目，心境舒泰，他歡迎其他畫家在畫廊展覽，條件是畫作符合「和諧」的主題，也歡迎作家以他的畫為書的封面，他不收版權，事實上香港詩人林舜玲(Agnes Lam) 的詩集《Water Wood Pure Splendour》和《Woman to Woman and Other Poems》就是以Joseph的畫作為封面。　

這次讀詩，Joseph和Katherine作了一個創意的合作，他們對坐，一人讀一個韻，一唱一和，夫唱婦隨，很有特色。他們夫妻一心的形象太深刻，其中一位讀者把《黃蝶》中的黃蝶看成是Katherine，把詩讀成情詩，到底這是情詩還是自然詩？Katherine回答得妙：「詩人把詩寫好了，就像母親生了小孩，它有自己的生命，詩也就脫離了詩人，有一個獨立的生命。」

Joseph和Katherine充滿活力，大自然把生命力注入他們體內，Joseph把這股生命力寫成詩畫成畫，世界的色彩來自哪裡？光對於一位畫家有多重要？

《黑大荒》

難道你仍舊不知道

無人能給世界亮光

世界只得一片黑暗

無邊無際的黑大荒

你要自造慧眼見到

漆黑當中五色跌宕

黑裡的黃多詭秘

黑裡的青多瘋狂

黑裡的赤多嫵媚

黑裡的白多荒唐

黑裡的黑當然是

無始無終的大虛妄

(photos by Flora)

零九‧十二月詩會‧尋找自然的足跡

2009-12-07T00:59:00.002+08:00

時間 Time：2009/12/12 (Sat) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：中環葵里畫廊　Galerie Klee, 99 Caine Road, Shop J

主持 Moderators：Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：李超鵬(Joseph Lee)

李超鵬，１９４０年生，於香港大學修讀數學，從事教育工作二十多年後，於１９８７年開始專注藝事，二十多年來風格漸趨成熟，多次展出畫作，又愛寫詩。

大自然是藝術家的靈感泉源，李超鵬的詩畫取材自自然，做得詩中有畫，畫中有詩。人說小隠隠於林，大隠隠於市，李超鵬正是隠於市的藝術家，他在中環閙市開了一家葵里畫廊，畫廊裡的畫有一個共同主題：和諧。

十二月詩會，我們步出Kubrick書店，前往葵里畫廊尋找自然的足跡。

注意：是次活動是星期六。

Mr Hegazi's poetry selection

2009-12-07T00:54:00.002+08:00

العودة من المنفي

لَمَّا تحررتِ المدينة عدت من
منفايَ
أبحث في وجوه الناسِ عن
صحبي
فلم أَعْثر علي أحَدٍ
وأدركني الكلالْ

فسألت عن أهلي، وعن دارِ لنا
فاستغرب الناس السؤالْ
وسألت عن شَجرٍ قديمٍ،
كان يكتنف الطريقَ إلي التلالْ
فاستغربَ الناس السؤالْ
وبحثت عن نهرِ المدينةِ دون جدوي،
وانتبهت إلي رمادِ نازِلٍ
من جمرِة الشَّمس التي كانت تميل إلي الزوالْ
وفَزِعت حين رأيت أهلَ مدينتي
يتحدثون بلكنةِ عجماء متجهين نحوي
فابتعدتُ
وهم أمامي يتبعون تراجعي بخطي ثِقالْ
حتي خرجت من المدينة مثقلا بحقائبي
وانهرت مثل عمودِ ملح ٍ
في الرمالْ

باريس نوفمبر 1979

The Return From Exile

When the city was liberated

I returned from exile

Searching for my friends in people’s faces

I saw none

Exhaustion gripped me.

I asked about my family, our home

People looked puzzled at the question

I asked about some old trees

Used to shade the road till the hills

People looked puzzled at the question

I looked for the city river to no avail

I noticed some ashes dropping

From the sun’s embers at sunset

I was terrified when I saw the people of my city

Speak in a foreign accent

Approaching me

I stepped back

They were in front of me

Following my withdrawal in heavy steps

Loaded with my bags

Till I left the city

And dropped like a column of salt

In sand!

Translated by Sayed Gouda

流亡歸來

這城市解放了

我流亡歸來

在人群中尋找朋友

一無所獲

我精疲力盡。

我打聽家人，我們家

人們看來很困惑

我打聽某些老樹

曾為向山之路庇蔭

人們看來很困惑

我徒勞尋找城市之河

看到從落日餘暉

掉下的塵埃

我被鄉親用外地腔說話

嚇壞了

他們靠近我

我向後退

他們步步為營

緊跟著我因背包

而沉重的步伐

直到我離開這城市

倒下，如同沙中

一粒鹽！

吳曉燕，顧德譯

الجسد

سماء شباكي غير مقمرةْ

والجسد الجميل نام

وثَمّ ضوءٌ شاحبٌ

يغسل جو الحجُرةْ

يشعّ من أشيائها المنتثرةْ

حتى لتبدو قطعاً من الغمامْ

على سماءٍ عكرةْ

والنسمات ابتدأت تمسح عُرْيَ الشجرةْ

والجسد الجميل نامْ

تهدجتْ أنفاسهُ تحت يدي

صاعدة، منحدرةْ

وانبسطت أعضاؤهُ

لينةْ، منكسرةْ

وبانت العظامْ

لا يا حبيبتي، انهضي،

لا تتركينا وحدنا،

أنا وعُرْيَك الطفولي الوديعْ

ضعي مساحيقكِ,

وارتدي ثياب أول الليل،

وعودي نَمِرَةْ!

وانهكيني، أنهكيني بالشجار والخصامْ

حتى... أنامْ!

(1966)

The Body

The sky out of my window is not moonlit

A beautiful body has slept

A faint light

Washes the room air

Glows from its scattered things

They seem like some clouds

In a smudgy sky

Breezes start to reveal the nakedness of trees

The beautiful body has slept

Its breaths gasp under my hand

Ascending, descending

Its limbs stretch

Soft, bent

Bones appear

No, my lover, get up

Do not leave us alone

With your childish, gentle nakedness

Put on your make-up

Wear your clothes of the early night

Return a tigress

Exhaust me, exhaust me with fighting and dispute

Till … I sleep!

1966

Translated by Sayed Gouda

身體

我窗外天無月色

美好的身體已入睡

微弱之光

洗滌室內空氣

在散落發亮

好似髒兮兮的天上

某些雲彩

微風開始展示樹的裸體

美好的身體已入睡

在我的手掌下氣喘吁吁

起伏不定

四肢舒展

柔軟彎曲

骨頭隱現

不，我的愛人，起來

別讓我們

和你孩子氣的溫柔裸體一起

梳妝打扮吧

穿你的黃昏衣裳

重返母老虎吧

耗盡我，用爭鬥耗盡我

直到……我睡去!

1966年

顧德譯

تقاطعات

وتكون أمسيةٌ

مطرٌ، كخيط الغزْلْ

يقطعني، وأقطعهْ

وشوارعٌ تنصب في جسدي

وأعبرها!

ويكون ضوءٌ يلعب البلل الصقيل بهِ

يفرِّقه، ويجمعهُ

ويكون نهرٌ يقتفي أثري

وريحٌ مثقلٌ بالغيم والأصداءِ

يدفعني، وأدفعهُ

ويكون أني حين ألقاهُ... أضيِّعهُ!

(مارس 1977)

Crosses

And there will be a night

Rain, like suturing lines

They cut me, I cut them

Streets built in my body

I cross them

And there will be a light

Glowing wetness plays in it,

Disperses it, collects it

And there will a river following my trace

A wind, heavy with clouds and echoes

It pushes me, I push it

And there will be me

Whom when I meet … I lose!

March 1977

Translated by Sayed Gouda

十字架

終將有夜

雨，像縫合線

它們切開我，我切開它們

街道建在我的體內

我跨越它們

終將有光

光亮的濕潤跟它嬉戲，

散播它，收集它

終將有追隨我蹤跡的河

與雲和回聲沉重的風

它推我，我推它

終將有我

我一旦遇見……就迷失!

1977年

顧德譯

لقطة تذكارية للقاء عابر

كنا كراكبيْ قطارْ

يلفح كلٌّ منهما رفيقَهُ بصمتهِ

ونظراتهِ القصارْ

مُؤتنسَيْنِ دونما علامةٍ

وراغبينِ في الفرارْ!

حين خرجتُ أول المساءِ

مسلوباً كأني رجلٌ غيري

وهذه مدينةٌ غريبةٌ عليّ

كانت هناك امرأةٌ مجهولةٌ

في طرف المدينة الآخر تسعى

-دون أن تدري- إليّ

كنت أرى مثلثات قمم الأهرام في الغربِ

ترقّ مثل غيمةٍ، وتفنى

وذؤاباتِ الشجرْ

تلفها أجنحةُ الليل رويداً

والمصابيحَ تضاء بغتةْ

فيختفي ما كان يبدو في النهارْ

وتنهض المدينة الأخرى

من العتمة والنورِ

ويقبل النَّهَرْ

يعرض فيها جسمه العاري

وينفثُ البخارْ

على مياهٍ تتوالدُ المصابيحُ عليها

صُوَرَاً بعد صورْ

ويفتح الشرطيُّ للمجهولِ، والصدفةِ

أبراج المدارْ!

لعلّني حاذيتها على الطوارْ

أو في إشارة المرورِ

في طريقنا إلى حيث التقينا.

كانت الليلةُ في آخرها

حين بدأنا –دون أن ندري- الحوارْ

وقبل أن نكمله عاد النهارْ

فلاذ كلٌّ بالفرارْ

(1972)

A Memorial Picture of an Accidental Encounter

We were like train passengers

Each of us slapped his companion with silence

And short glances

Appreciating the company with no hint

Desiring to walk away!

When I went out in the early evening

Resigned, like I were another person

And it was a strange city to me

There was an unknown woman

On the other side of the city moving

Without knowing, towards me.

I saw the top triangles of the pyramids in the west

Softening like a cloud and vanishing

The heads of trees

Gradually wrapped by the wings of darkness

Lampposts suddenly lit

What was visible in the day disappeared

The other city got up

From darkness and light

The river approached

Revealing its naked body

Blowing steam

On water where lampposts bred

Images after images.

To the unknown, to contingency,

A police man let go the orbit planets!

Maybe I was next to her on the pavement

Or at the traffic lights

On our way to where we met

The night was at its end

When we started, unknowingly, our talk

Before finishing, the day returned

Each of us walked away!

1972

Translated by Sayed Gouda

偶遇紀念照

我們曾像火車乘客

每個人用沉默和瞥視

拍打伴侶

欣賞伴侶無需提示

盼他們走開！

當我在黃昏出門

聽天由命，好像我是另一人

在我陌生的城市

有一個未知的女人

從城市另一頭

不知不覺走向我。

我從西看到金字塔三角頂

柔軟如雲，正消失

那些樹梢

逐漸被黑暗之翼被包圍

燈柱突然亮了

白晝中的一切消失

另一個城市

從暗與光站起來

河近了

展現其裸體

吹拂蒸汽

在燈柱哺育的

重重意象的水上。

為未知，為偶然事故，

警察放過那些軌道行星!

或許我倆路上肩並肩

或在紅綠燈

在我們相遇途中

夜將盡

我們不知不覺開始說話

在白晝返回結束

各自走開！

1972年

顧德譯

In the Name of Love

2009-12-07T00:06:00.007+08:00

(Polly Ho)

This is the first collaboration of Arabic Nadwah and Kubrick Poetry to host a session for Mr Ahmad Abdul Muti Hegazi, one of the most famous Arab poets today. During his visit to Hong Kong in November to read at the Hong Kong International Poetry Nights, he is also invited to be our honorary guest. Born in 1935 in Egypt, Mr Hegazi is 74 years old now still his intelligence and passion are like a giant mountain, firm and solid. He is considered one of the most important poets in the last 50 years in the Arabic speaking world.

Among numerous contributions in the history of modern Arabic poetry, he is one of the pioneers who paved the way to free verse back in the 1950s. He translated a number of poems from French about urban life and published under the title Others’ Cities. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Ibdaa—a quarterly literary magazine and writes a weekly article to Al-Ahram. He is the head of the poetry committee of the Supreme Council of Culture of Egypt.

Mr Hegazi is a commanding poet who is capable to summon the attention of every individual. He remembers all of his poems by heart. When he reads, he does not read it from the paper, but in his heart, as if he is speaking to you. He tells you his story of exile, the story of a lonely woman, the story of sadness and encounter.

(excerpt from “The Return From Exile”)

When the city was liberated

I returned from exile

Searching for my friends in people’s faces

I saw none

Exhaustion gripped me.

(excerpt from “ The Room of the Lonely Woman”)

Here she is, pushing the city away,

Closing the door behind her,

Drawing the curtain,

And lighting her lantern in the daytime.

(excerpt from “The Body”)

The beautiful body has slept

Its breaths gasp under my hand

Ascending, descending

Its limbs stretch

Soft, bent

(excerpt from “A Memorial Picture of an Accidental Encounter”)

When I went out in the early evening

Resigned, like I were another person

And it was a strange city to me

There was an unknown woman

On the other side of the city moving

Without knowing, towards me.

Mr Hegazi speaks Arabic and French. How strangely, we seem to understand Mr Hegazi not only in the verbal translation by Sayed Gouda but in the body language and direct eye contact with him. Before speaking of justice, law and order, Mr Hegazi thinks love come first in humanity.

In the name of love, we gather here to read the poems wrote down 30 years ago.

(photos by Paul Wan)

零九‧十一月詩會‧阿拉伯詩人阿赫穆德‧海加茲

2009-11-03T00:07:00.004+08:00

Co-organized by Arabic Nadwah and Kubrick Poetry

時間 Time：2009/11/28 (Sat) 5:00pm-6:00pm

地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick

主持 Moderators：Sayed Gouda、 Florence Ng、Polly Ho、Wong Wai Yim

詩人來賓 Guest Poet：阿赫穆德海加茲(Ahmad Abdul Muti Higazi)

語言Language：普通話 Mandarin，英文English，阿拉伯文Arabic

阿赫穆德‧海加茲（Ahmad Abdul Muti Higazi），1935年埃及出生，當今著名的阿拉伯詩人。海加茲居於埃及，接受當地教育，直至七零年代，他由於政治原因而轉往巴黎定居。他早於五零年代已是自由詩的先驅，為現代阿拉伯詩歌史寫下了新的一頁。海加茲現為文學季刊《創意》主編，每週為《金字塔報》撰文，並擔任埃及最高文化理事會詩歌委員會主席，還著有詩歌集七部，也從法語翻譯了大量有關城市生活的詩作，結集成《別人的都市》出版。海加茲贏得了許多文學獎項，作品翻譯成多國語言。同時，他參加不同的國際詩歌藝術節，今年（2009年）更於開羅國際詩歌節獲獎。

我們有一個難得的機會與阿赫穆德直接對話，居港的埃及詩人 Sayed Gouda為我們介紹這位著名的阿拉伯詩人。

注意：是次活動是星期六。

a bitter fairy tale

2009-10-26T01:45:00.004+08:00

In this African country children can continue to be children. A bitter fairy tale is a full-colour hope song so that the life of every child who plays or looks to a camera remains a fairy tale. The bitterness that grows and spreads in the world of adults must stop and stay there, without involving children, thus offering them the best of all the possible fairy tales.

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Photographer: Miguel Candela
Title of the photo series: A bitter fairy tale
Full article please visit: http://mcandela.com/d2.php

Narrator: Polly Ho
Multimedia producer: Kenji Wong
Multimedia producer: Fiona Lee
Journalist (original text): Daniel Vilosa

Music: Salif Keita
Poem: Adam Zagajewski