That is truly the sound of the wind
A very gentle
very far-off wind
Where no one has ever been
Blowing, ceaselessly, blowing
Like me lying quietly on the grass
Like my deep slumber's
Even breathing --
And my breathing is
Cheating me, ceaselessly, cheating me
Making me think I am still alive
Still healthy, still happy
Still smiling, still imperishable
Imperishably gloriously alive
In the sound of the wind
Wind blowing above, wind blowing below
Left and right, in and out
In reality I am but a tiny unknown place
Where no one has ever been
No one, truly, no one
Not even I
Lo Ch'ing is a pseudonym for Lo Ch'ing-che, one of the most outstanding scholar-painters and modern poets in Taiwan. A native of Hunan, Lo was born in Chingtao in 1948. In 1974, he obtained his M.A. at the University of Washington, and is currently Associate Professor at National Taiwan Normal University.
His numerous publications include books and articles on literature, painting and fine arts. His books of poetry, The Ways of Eating Watermelon, Anecdotes of Chinese Knight-Errants, How to Catch a Thief, The Invisible Artist, and Songs of the Rice, Here Comes UFO, and Video Poetics have won him critical acclaim and the First Crown of Modern Poetry in 1974. Yu Kwang-chung, in his essay, "The Starting Point of a New Modern Chinese Poetry" recognized Lo as "a challenging new figure." Art critic Ch'u Ko pointed out that Lo is the starting point of a modern Chinese scholar painting.
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