Kubrick Poetry • November • Poems or poets away from home

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

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

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

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

（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

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

(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)