My bilingual poem The Map《地图》has been published by the Poem of the Day series of SFPL curated by Kim Shuck the current poet laureate of SF. The Chinese version was first published in China on Xinhua Daily last year. I wrote this for my father who checks a map every time I go out whenever I visit my parents in Nanjing. It’s truly for my parents and all the parents in the world. Now due to the COVID-19 crisis, like many people in the world, I’m separated from my parents without knowing when I can see them in China. May we be united with our beloved ones soon! Enjoy and feel free to share the poem with your family and friends!
Poem of the Day Link:
https://sfpl.org/books-and-media/san-francisco-poet-laureate/poem-of-the-day
今天我的双语诗The Map 《地图》由旧金山公共图书馆Poem of the Day《今天的诗》系列推出。这个系列由现任旧金山桂冠诗人Kim Shuck主编。他们应我的要求在Father’s Day父亲节之前发布。中文版去年由《新华日报》的艺坛首发。这首诗是写给我的父母和天下所有的父母们的。目前在疫情下，世界各地的许多的人们都和他们的父母亲人天各一方，希望我们和父母亲人都能早日团圆; 欢迎大家转发分享!
From the readers:
“This poem is so extraordinarily poignant and beautiful! It is one of my favorite poems ever! It is so infused with love, the precious love between a child, at each stage of the life cycle, and her nurturing, loving, protective parents. This is great!!!” Mitch Hall
