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Poetry Lab Shanghai · Jul 18, 2026

Nü Poetry 006: Crow, Again|又是,乌鸦

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Welcome to Nü Poetry, a carefully curated poetry series, in which we feature some of the most exciting contemporary voices through bilingual productions, exclusively on Substack and our official WeChat account.
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                     (Photo: Anthony Hayward)
In this edition, we are featuring thirteen original poems by Cole Swensen, along with Chinese translations by Yě Yě.
Cole Swensen is an American poet, translator, and professor. She is the author of twenty books of poetry, most recently Veer (Alice James Books, 2026). A former Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of the Iowa Poetry Prize and the San Francisco State Poetry Center Book Award, she has been a finalist for the Griffin Prize, the National Book Award, and the LA Times Book Award and was awarded the 2025 Paul Engle Award by the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. She also translates poetry and art criticism from French and has won the PEN USA Award in Translation, the 2024 ALTA National Translation Prize, and the 2025 Stephen Mitchell Prize. She divides her time between France and California.

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本期特辑中,我们将推荐来自 Cole Swensen 的十三首原创诗作,以及 Yě Yě 的中译。
Cole Swensen 是一位美国诗人、译者兼教授。她曾出版二十本诗集,最近出版的一本为「转」(Alice James Books,2026年)。她曾获「古根海姆学者奖」「爱荷华诗歌奖」「旧金山州立大学诗歌中心图书奖」以及由“UNESCO文学之城”爱荷华城颁发的「保罗·恩格尔奖」,并入围「格里芬诗歌奖」「美国国家图书奖」「洛杉矶时报图书奖」。此外,她还翻译法语诗歌与艺术评论,获得「美国笔会翻译奖」「2024年美国文学翻译协会国家翻译奖」及「2025年史蒂芬·米切尔奖」。目前她居于法国和加州两地。

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Note: it is recommended to read this issue on desktop due to special visual arrangement of the Chinese text.
注:因含特殊格式,建议本期在电脑上阅读,以获最佳效果。
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选自诗集「时间中的艺术」(Art in Time),
Nightboat Books,2021年——关于挑战常规视角的
地景艺术家
琼·约纳斯:《乌鸫》Merlo,1974年
视频,11分钟
这里,风景也近乎全是风                一个女人用一块
黑布            从头裹到脚            站在托斯卡纳的一条
栏杆上,上个世纪70年代中    颗粒感的    黑白影像
那块黑布不断被风重新摆弄                将身体的轮廓
勾勒成水银        她是在作品中使用实时影像的首位
艺术家,有时会将自己的表演与实时画面同步播放
画面滤成水银      成群树      在流离失所中        滤成
一场迁徙                作为背景的飘                使其成为
一种朝圣,层层薄雾                自她身后的山谷升起。
身体常常作为重点媒介出现在她作品中,但它绝非
自传性的               因此她刀枪不入。         层层薄雾
对于作为其作品核心的乌鸫来说似乎显得至关重要。
                                “乌鸫,乌鸫”
在上个世纪60年代末纽约新兴艺术流派,即行为艺
术的中心,她在这种艺术形式与在当时同为新兴的
女性运动间找到了某种关联。            这个女人高挑
在宽阔的山谷       在暗黑的田野     那条土路在树下
后退着        树上布满了鸟鸫                黑暗无处不在
在其后更远的地方                她的继父曾是一位业余
魔术师,因而自孩提时期她便对“障眼法”非常着迷,
不起眼的“与”      看不到任何尽头      在饱满的树下
然而事实上                尽管鸟在她的作品中随处可见

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