Ochika
Text/Siqingerile
Wintering
Blood moons are a thing of the past
Falling leaves
In the world, there is a gloomy posture
Just wait for a gust of wind for them
Dancing into a noisy and lively appearance
They were once compared to butterflies at the end of autumn
They have also been praised for injecting vivid colors into winter
But either way, they're just
The minutiae of light and shadow
Not even the weight of mourning
Oh lo and behold, in the season of falling leaves
Why even my thoughts follow the resentment
赏析
A blood moon is a red moon. It has appeared twice in 2022, on May 16 in North America and on November 8, 2022 on the mainland, and can be seen in most parts of the country except for western Tibet, and the entire process of the eclipse can be enjoyed in Northeast China. Folk rumors: If the moon changes color, there will be disaster. Green is worried about hunger, red is fighting and fighting, yellow is virtue and joy, white is drought and mourning, black is water, and people are sick and die.
The first verse, "Winter / Blood Moon is a thing of the past". The pen is straight to the point, explaining the time, incorporating the concept of "blood moon", a pun, and laying a gentle tone.
Verse 2, "Falling Leaves / Piling up a gloomy posture in the world." (Warring States • Song Yu) The leaves fall, the world is bleak, and the natural scenery evokes common feelings. The word "pile" is used here, and although the fallen leaves are piled up, the "gloomy posture" piled up in the world makes people sigh.
Verse 3, "Just wait for a gust of wind and they will / Fly into a noisy and lively form." The wind is another blow, but here the contrast method is used, which is opposite to the previous "bleak", and has received the effect of "the birdsong mountain is more secluded".
In the fourth stanza, "I have compared them to butterflies at the end of autumn / I have praised them for bringing life to winter". Falling leaves are commonly used by poets to refer to autumn butterflies, but here, "splendid at the end of autumn" and "vivid colors" are novel and lively, which makes people refreshing and not falling into the old hole. Above all, the poet is instilling in the idea that no matter how beautiful and glorious you once were, when the season of withering that belongs to you comes, you can only make a final swan song, and all glory will disappear or be lost.
Verse 5, "But in any case, they are only / the minutiae of light and shadow / and they don't even have the weight of mourning." The poet once again emphasized: Fallen leaves are just funeral objects when light and shadow are dim, and we are just a clockwork in the temporary noise of the time machine. In front of the almighty old man of time, the individual is just a dispensable supporting role.
Verse 6, "Oh you see, in the season of falling leaves / How do you even follow your thoughts and grievances". This section is realistic and reveals the heart. Life is like an autumn tree, the days are like leaves falling, when the leaves of life fall, piling up thicker and thicker precipitation and sorrow, and the ensuing resentment fills the thoughts, making people feel desolate and helpless!
Writing features:
First, this poem directly states the heart, does not pretentiously, starts with the festival, the astronomical vision rises, and expresses the emotion;
Second, the words of this poem are concise, vivid, expressive, and good at using contrasting methods, which strongly highlights the theme in silence;
Third, the word "mourning" in the fifth section adopts the figure of speech of personification, pushes objects and people, induces resonance, and has an increasing effect;
Fourth, poetry is subtle. The last stanza is straightforward and does not leave blank, which is the shortcoming of this poem.
About the poet: Siqingerile, born on December 18, 1968 in Xilin Golmeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is a female singer and songwriter in Chinese mainland.
Author: Hua Ling, formerly known as Liang Chenghao, male, Han nationality, born in 1974, from Wolong District, Nanyang City, Henan Province. He is a contemporary Chinese avant-garde poet, a cutting-edge writer, and a columnist of the Reading Sleep Poetry Society. He is now a local village doctor. The first collection of poems, Love Songs and Lamentations, was successfully published in Henan Zhongzhou Ancient Books Publishing House in April 2015, and won the silver medal of the third New Poet Award held by the Chinese Poetry Society in Beijing in June of that year, and the bronze medal of the second Red Sorghum PEN Club in Qingdao in August. The second collection of poems, "Beauty Snake", is also being planned for publication.