submission by Haoran Tong

[Doctor Fab]

This poem is Haoran Tong's submission for the collection "Poems For The Winter".

I'm posting the poem on behalf of the Author, since Google is blocked in China --therefore he has no access to the Forum.

(FF)

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Haoran (Henry) Tong, China

— Born in 2001, I'm currently a Chinese high school student, living in Beijing. I was awarded "Young Poet Laureate 2017" for bringing song-meter into modern poetry and translation. I also study poetry's pragmatic role in developing cultural awareeness and social recognition.

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From: Haoran TONG
Date: 2018-01-29 16:27 GMT+01:00
Subject: Haoran (Henry) Tong's Formal Copyright Statement
To: doctor5353

My poem is unpublished and its Chinese version represents my style best.

Best Regards,
Henry Tong


My Soul, A Vestige of Glow

In the vestige of glow of the winter lamp
Burgeons my unruly soul.
It guards the heartbeat of dim light
And smoothens dark wrinkles.

Appeasing the shadow that haunts my trace
I see a pavilion, shivering alone.
The wind lingers ‘round its gloomy grace;
Its distance outreaches my hope.

The quiescence breeds a lurking soul
Waking twilight in a transient sorrow;
Deep in depression my memories ripple
Driving dawn to blossom tomorrow.

Before the cold frost blurs my sight,
a mirage decays in drizzles.
But the phantom of my roaming soul
is buried in the light smoke.


Chinese Version:

在你心的余烬残辉的周围，
孕育着行走的不羁的灵魂。
在黑暗中坚守光明的心跳，
在光明中抚平黑暗的皱纹。

了息了投射在身前的影子，
你便看到穹宇高天的眼神。
踟躇于紧随着落雨的灯火，
每踏一步都是遥远的觑笺。

而静谧孕育着自我的蛰念，
将黎明拉纵到迷惘的近前。
因别离而塞锁故友的面影，
被光明驱赶着平行处重现。

心灵或许是失散后的梦魇，
真理或许是错码中的文件。
相逢或许是怅跿后的况味，
成长或许是层叠中的轮回。

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Dear Fabrizio,

I am Haoran (Henry) Tong  writing to you for joining the anthology titled "Poetry for the 4 Seasons". I fully understand and agree to the terms in copyright disclaimer mentioned below. I authorize you to publish my poems in the ebook at no cost and without any other obligation other than to publish the poems selected. My personal information, as aquired prior to submission, has been provided.

"The copyright of the poems will remain in the hands of their Authors, but all Participants will accept to make us free to publish the ebook at no cost and without any other obligation on our part than to publish the poems selected (the acceptance of this point will be attested, by each Participant, by simply sending their poems). To make it clear: by submitting their poems the Authors agree to grant non-exclusive world rights to Fabrizio Frosini and 'Poets Unite Worldwide' for publishing the submitted poems in books, without fee, so long as the Authors are credited --this does not prevent the Authors from publishing their poems anytime, anywhere, by themselves, or from granting others the right to do so."

Best Regards,

Haoran (Henry) Tong