Poetry
Quiet Lake in the Hills
Dec 14, 2016 |
By Ya Shi |
Translated
from Chinese
Cresting this rouge-hued slope of oil slate
You can see the lakewater a secluded place
green brush on the shore so thick you can’t get your foot in
Author
Ya Shi
Ya Shi is a poet from Sichuan Province in China. He has published both official and unofficial poetry collections and also edited the influential underground magazine Poetry Mirror. He currently teaches math at a university outside the city of Chengdu.
