Writing a Book of Remembrance

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Editor’s Note xi
4. Self-Portrait 1
5. Reply 2
6. Nuosu People Discuss Fire 2
7. Confessions of a Mouth Harp 3
8. Contrast 3
9. The Fighting Bull Who Died Long Ago 6
10. Mothers’ Hands 7
11. Black River 8
12. Headscarf 9
13. Mouth Harp Maker 10
14. Song of the Nuosu People 13
15. Thanking a River 14
16. For Myself 14
17. Listening to the Mantra for Sending Off the Soul 15
18. Understanding 15
19. The Blue Sheep of Gulilada 16
20. Tribal Rhythms 17
21. Lullaby 18
22. Perceptions 20
23. Rhapsody in Black 20
24. Stones 22
25. Days 22
26. Hidden Vestiges 23
27. In the Mountains 24
28. Bitter Buckwheat 24
29. Buried Words 26
30. The Unseen Man 27
31. The Bimo’s Voice 28
32. Saddle 28
33. First Love 29
34. Last Summons 31
35. Dream Variation 32
36. Writing a Book of Remembrance 33
37. A Migrating Tribe 34
38. Dusk Yearning 36
39. Autumn Portrait 36
40. Butuo Maiden 37
41. A Past Event 38
42. Epigraph 39
43. The Colors in Nuosu People’s Dreams 40
44. Night 41
45. Invisible Oscillation 42
46. The Sun 43
47. Just Because 44
48. For a Butuo Maiden 45
49. Untitled 46
50. Soul’s Address 46
51. Confessions of a Hunter’s Child 47
52. Eternal Declaration 48
53. Hunter’s Path 48
54. The Final Myth 49
55. Muntjac Call 50
56. Dusk 51
57. Lugu Lake 52
58. Dulohxo Dance 53
59. Eagle Claw Goblet 53
60. Song for My Mother 54
61. For Indigenous Americans 55
62. Shaluo River 56
63. Rifle 57
64. My Hometown Dajishaluo 57
65. Waiting 58
66. Saying Good-bye to Greater Liangshan 58
67. The Old Man and the Cuckoo 60
68. The Old Singer 60
69. Ballad for an Old Man 61
70. Pigment 62
71. People Ask... 62
72. I Want to Say to You 64
73. Serenity 65
74. Goat 66
75. Stranger 66
76. For Salvatore Quasimodo’s Enemies 67
77. Letter 67
78. Autumn 68
79. Christ and the General 68
80. Autumn’s Eyes 69
81. The Last Lush 69
82. Eulogy for the World’s Indigenous Peoples 71
83. O’Keeffe’s Home 72
84. The Deer Looks Back 72
85. Missing My Youth 73
86. Giving Thanks to Mother Earth 74
87. Freedom 75
88. I Love Them 75
89. For 1987 76
90. Revering Life 76
91. For the Rivers of This World 78
92. The Small Train in My Memory 79
93. The Mediterranean Sea 80
94. Roman Sun 81
95. The South 82
96. Island 82
97. Water and Glass Venice 85
98. Visiting Dante 85
99. Hair 86
100. Perhaps I’ve Never Forgotten 87
101. But . . . 88
102. Untitled 89
103. For Them 89
104. I Once . . . 90
105. Homeland 90
106. Tiwanaku 91
107. The Discovery of Life and Water 92
108. Mask 92
109. Face 93
110. The Real Truth 93
111. River 94
112. Rose Ancestor 95
113. Alpaca 96
114. The Starry Skies of the Jiana Mani Stones 96
115. A Poem Written Two Ways 100
116. I Write My Poems Between the Land and the Sky 102
117. Mulan 103
118. The Flow of Time 104
119. Indigenous People’s Coca 104
120. Condor: The Divine Bird 105
121. Cantuta 105
122. A Dim Fire Flickers in the Fire Pit 106
123. Identity 107
124. Flames And Words 108
125. Giuseppe Ungaretti’s Poems 109
126. The Trees Of Jilebute 110
127. I’m Waiting For You Here 111
128. Your Breath 112
129. Traveler Of This World 113
130. At The Cemetery 114
131. Silence 115
132. The Origin Of Poetry 116
133. That Was Our Father’s Generation 117
134. Split Self 120
135. Passing Through The River Of Time 121
136. César Vallejo’s Grave 122
137. For My Mother 123
138. Investigating 124
139. Undying Muse 124
140. Reflected Light On Snow And The Color Of Heaven 125
141. For My Motherland 128
142. Mouth Harp 130
143. Personal Identity, Group Voice, Human Awareness 131
144. Translator’s Note 136
145. About the Art 139