Writing in the Air

Name: Writing in the Air
ISBN: 9787550046498

羽弓Feb 2023

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Word count: 20K words
Chapters: 100
ISBN: 9787550046498

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Summary

This is the poet Yu Gong's second personal poetry collection after "River of Life: Yu Gong's Poems." The book is divided into eight sections: Shu Kong, Listen, Seeking, Express Delivery, Like the Sun, Wine in the Cup, Flowering Season, and Recovering the Past. All the works selected are new poems written between 2019 and 2021. Beyond themes such as life philosophy, love and family affection, and homesickness and nostalgia, the book places greater emphasis on love for country and on real life. The works keep pace with the times and stay close to reality, using artistic techniques to create scenes and down-to-earth content to move readers. The poetry is implicit without being obscure, plain yet flavorful, with harmonious phonology and a strong sense of rhythm.

Editor's review

"Shu Kong" is Yu Gong's second personal poetry collection after "River of Life," gathering new work written between 2019 and 2021 and divided into eight sections—from the philosophical reflection of "Shu Kong" and the confiding tone of "Listen" through "Seeking," "Express Delivery," "Like the Sun," "Wine in the Cup," "Flowering Season" and "Recovering the Past"—structurally advancing from the inner self outward, from personal emotion to the realities of the times. Compared with typical lyric collections, its distinction lies in placing life philosophy, love and family affection, and homesickness alongside patriotic feeling and real life; its subjects are neither confined to the private self nor deliberately elevated, but build poetic scenes from down-to-earth settings and everyday experience. The language pursues being "implicit without being obscure, plain yet flavorful," with harmonious phonology and strong rhythm, suited to both reading aloud and silent reading. For readers who want contemporary poetry but worry it will be too obscure, this collection offers an accessible entry point; for those interested in how poetry responds to reality, it reveals the poet's observations of the times and of life. Overall, it is a collection that balances private emotion with public concern, suited to slow reading in quiet moments.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers who want contemporary poetry but fear obscurity and hope to start with accessible work
Poetry lovers who enjoy short poems and value phonology, rhythm and reading aloud
Readers interested in how poetry writes patriotic feeling and real life
General readers who want fragmented reading during commutes or before sleep

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer long poems, epics or strongly narrative poetry
Poetry researchers expecting a rigorous theoretical framework or scholarly annotations
Readers with little interest in lyric poetry and everyday subjects

Reading tips

Read through the eight sections in order, then pick the poems that move you most and read them aloud repeatedly to feel the rhythm.
Read just two or three poems a day; don't rush, and leave room for savoring and copying out lines.
When you reach sections such as "Express Delivery" and "Like the Sun," annotate them with your own life experience.
Try reading aloud to feel the harmonious phonology and rhythm the author describes.

版权信息
第一辑书空
书空
卸妆
一生如球
小提琴割破了夜晚
地标
秋冬之际
渔火
人样
今生，我愿在此值班
云外
天空
路旁的树
有效期
口罩
越野
第二辑你听
弱水三千
晨风里的雾
那一刻
你愿不愿意
秋粟
读你一生
当清泉遇见高粱
蒲公英是熬白了头
深秋
你听
夜听
雨一直下
雨后，想去吹吹风
只有云知道
夏夜的天空
一顶花轿
爱如泉水
海岸
第三辑追寻
茧
野花开遍四月天
追寻
走过一条条田坎来看你
在哪里
五月的稻田
第四辑快递
这一天
江岸
红船
八月，绿色的树
一种WiFi
快递
后浪
字符跳动
视线
第五辑像太阳一样
像太阳一样
请柬
检阅
一个人的方队
第六辑杯中酒
领悟
宅
杯中酒
红灯笼
停下脚步
当我归来的时候
零的纪念
今天，我要为春天歌唱
等待盛夏
假山
我的眼睛是一片湿地
第七辑花期
一棵不曾开花的树
众心捧菊
某人
倒计时
三月的投影
还在花期
等
四季的旅行
手握春天
暮春的花
花期
第八辑钩沉
空旷的原野
海拔
一不小心
我的旧作
高光
夜雨无痕
三八线
集结号
钩沉
光影的残片
你的地盘
雨季
你和我
回杜市
回家的路
你好，中师生
后记

FAQ

Is this book suitable for readers with no background in poetry?

Fairly suitable. The author pursues "implicit without being obscure, plain yet flavorful," and most works start from everyday scenes and concrete emotions without relying on complex allusions or theoretical background. Readers with no poetry background can start with the short poems, first feeling the rhythm and imagery, then gradually appreciating the philosophy and feeling within, so the threshold is relatively low.

Is there an inherent reading order among the eight sections?

Each section has its own emphasis—from Shu Kong, Listen and Seeking to Express Delivery, Like the Sun, Wine in the Cup, Flowering Season and Recovering the Past—and overall they expand from personal feeling to real life and patriotic themes. Reading in order lets you sense this progression, but the sections can also be read independently, so readers can start with whichever section interests them.

When were the works in the collection mainly written?

According to the book, all selected works are new poems written by the author between 2019 and 2021. The life experience and historical context of this period form the collection's backdrop, so it includes love and family affection, homesickness and nostalgia, as well as more prominent patriotic feeling and real-life themes—continuing and extending the character of the author's previous collection.

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About the author

羽弓 Author

Yu Gong is a contemporary Chinese-language poet about whom limited public information is available; the library currently holds only one work by this author, the poetry collection Shukong (Writing in the Air). Judged by its usual classification, Yu Gong's writing belongs to the tradition of modern poetry, using poetic language to explore personal feelings and everyday experience while showing a distinct contemporary Chinese poetic sensibility. Because information on the author's nationality, dates of birth and death, education, and writing career is unavailable, it is difficult to sketch a full biography, and it would be inappropriate to make excessive inferences about mentors, awards, or influence. The title Shukong itself suggests a coexistence of writing and blank space, echoing the contemplative and introspective tendencies that may appear in the collection; through this single work, readers can come to know Yu Gong's poetic profile. Overall, Yu Gong is a writer whose work awaits further documentation and presentation, and the poems deserve attention within the reading of modern poetry.