XU HUDONG (胡续冬, Continuing Winter), pen name of HU Xudong (胡旭东, Sunrising East) (30 October 1974 – 22 August 2021), was a Chinese poet, critic, essayist and translator. He received an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Ph.D. in Chinese Contemporary Literature from Peking University, where he worked at the same university both as an associate …
“I looked at her / back, strong like hairy bear that kills / a bull even when she’s drunk, and I understood:” | by Hu Xudong
by Pan Xichen: Snow is hypocritical. It’s not even / an independent material.
by Pan Xichen: For a long time people have ignored / the many fallacies of snow.
“Green frog legs, green sockets of the moon / and a green bullet shell / all bloom / on my back” | by Hai Zi
by Qiu Qixian: Love will not end. / It only starts, and starts again
by Li Ho: When the autumn wind blows, all the grasses die. / An evening chill arises from the sapphire shadow of Mt. Hua.
by Hsia Yü: I write a Chinese character in the palm of his hand
Each night of stars is a night of stars. No. No? Each night of stars is a skull full of bullet holes. We argue death inside brains. We argue death under a fluorescent light of hours. What are hours? Shall we kneel down or stand in the hours? Will the bullet shoot through our chest …
Snow, I was surprised. The first snow choked in my throat, I wanted to cough, to run from snow. I didn’t see the street, the poplars, the park-benches the conductor’s whistle. Snow. Faces of idiots abused the air and turned to snow. I didn’t have a chance to read the “Massacre” or “The Dead” by …
Poetry International 20/21
“The Fallacy of Snow”
Poetry International 20/21
“The Hypocrisy of Snow”
Poetry International 20/21
“Night and Morning of Spring”
Poetry International 18/19
“Openly Worrying Song”
Poetry International 18/19
“Song of Love”
Poetry International 4
“Written for Others”
Poetry International Weblog
“Written for Others”
Poetry International 20/21
“Snow”
Poetry International 20/21
“Discussing Death with Death Row Inmates”