A Confession of Love

刘明琼Sep 2023

2.6

Word count: 53K words
Chapters: 223

Summary

This collection contains 216 poems the author wrote over the past two years, divided by content into three sections. Section One: Music and Poetry, containing sixty-one poems written impromptu for musical pieces or performance videos; Section Two: Photography and Poetry, containing thirty-six poems written for friends' photographs; Section Three: Free Musings; and finally three poems by friends and three English poems by the author.

Editor's review

Love's Confiding is a poetry collection that begins from "improvisation," containing 216 poems the author wrote over the past two years, divided by triggering medium into "Music and Poetry," "Photography and Poetry," and "Free Musings," with additional poems by friends and the author's English poems. Its value lies not in polished rhetoric but in displaying an everyday sensibility awakened at any moment by art: hearing a piece of music or seeing a photograph, one responds with a poem, fixing the instant's emotion. This approach shows readers how poetry grows from the edges of life and lowers the threshold for entering poetry. The highlight is the cross-media intertextuality—a poem is both a commentary on music or image and an independent expression of feeling; the English poems and friends' contributions add the warmth of exchange. It suits casual reading on a quiet afternoon or before sleep, not necessarily in order: pick a section that fits your mood; it also suits as a reference for writing practice, to see how the author translates auditory and visual experience into words.

Who it's for

A good fit for

General readers who enjoy short poems and look for inspiration in music and photography
Beginning poets who want to practice improvisational writing and record everyday feelings
People who need light reading and aesthetic relaxation in fragmented time
Readers interested in cross-media creation (poetry with music, poetry with images)

Not a good fit for

Academic readers expecting systematic poetics or in-depth criticism
Readers who prefer long narrative and strong plot momentum
Those with little interest in improvisational, occasional writing

Reading tips

Start with Section One, "Music and Poetry," and read while listening to the corresponding music to feel the echo between words and melody.
For Section Two, look at the photograph first and then read the poem, comparing your first impression with the author's approach.
You need not read straight through; pick two or three poems a day and write one improvised sentence of your own response after reading.
For the English poems, try reading without looking at the Chinese first, then compare with the author's Chinese expression to feel the shift between languages.

版权信息
作者简介
辑一音乐与诗
1.月光（德彪西曲）
2.月光奏鸣曲（贝多芬曲）
3.夜曲（一）（肖邦曲）
4.夜曲（二）
5.夜曲（三）
6.夜曲（四）
7.夜曲（五）闭上你的双眼
8.夜曲（六）
9.冬风
10.梦幻曲（一）舒曼曲
11.梦幻曲（二）
12.梦幻曲（三）
13.梦幻曲（四）
14.聆听：小提琴与钢琴奏鸣曲
15.牧歌
16.我的小星星
17.走出非洲（一）
18.走出非洲（二）
19.走出非洲（三）
20.月亮河
21.梦中的鸟
22.你的笑影
23.小船
24.秋之狂想曲
25.乡愁
26.茉莉花
27.绿袖子
28.梦的意象（德彪西曲）
29.幻想即兴曲（肖邦曲）
30.心中的白桦
31.秋日私语
32.小雨滴
33.G小调柔板
34.夜的吟唱
35.舒伯特小夜曲
36.小溪
37.神秘园之歌
38.小雨中的回忆
39.开放在心中的玫瑰
40.亚麻色头发的少女
41.纺棉花
42.我愿——致梵高
43.缠绵往事
44.致阿格里奇
45.船歌（柴可夫斯基曲）
46.无题
47.在那个清晨
48.安静的夜晚
49.茨岗狂想曲（拉威尔曲）
50.云雀
51.最后一次见到巴黎
52.黄昏的鸟鸣
53.伤逝
54.生命的礼赞
55.原野上的风
56.下雨的时候
57.回到那一个夏天
58.炊烟
59.致傅聪大师
60.浪漫曲（肖斯塔科维奇曲）
61.十面埋伏
辑二摄影与诗
1.爱的倾诉
2.我的理想
3.通向远方的路
4.沙漠之花
5.这把椅子
6.晚年
7.母亲
8.春与冬的对话
9.远处的辉煌
10.一棵树
11.吉卜赛女郎之歌
12.漂泊
13.晚祷的钟声
14.朦胧
15.落红深处
16.飞奔吧，我的小红马
17.我去了
18.孤独的舞者
19.蓝花楹
20.归
21.行走在自己的回忆
22.意大利的五渔村
23.等待
24.马丘比丘
25.春天
26.绿
27.森林的旋律
28.雨中的花朵
29.紫荆花
30.时光流逝
31.本原
32.三叶草
33.晨与暮
34.喷射
35.竹的能量
36.月停松林
辑三自由的随想
1.我的那颗星
2.变成一只蝴蝶
3.风中的野白菊
4.守着一盏灯
5.在夜深人静的时候
6.温哥华的秋叶
7.牵狗的人
8.静默的小区
9.故乡（一）
10.故乡（二）
11.故乡（三）
12.故乡（四）
13.往日情怀
14.十岁生日那一天
15.枫叶
16.睡莲
17.我的爱人
18.思念
19.归宿
20.梦
21.我爱你
22.那条流淌的河
23.悼伊丽莎白女王
24.坐在高高的谷堆上
25.雨后的清晨
26.相遇
27.坐在时间上荡秋千
28.在伦敦的地铁站
29.一只猫的故事
30.在遥远的加拿大
31.我也曾经美丽过
32.纪念张志新
33.我用风笛声问候你
34.麻雀唱的歌
35.风的颜色
36.永远的梁祝
37.被废弃的地方
38.爱
39.你说你是我的男人
40.我的北碚
41.灵魂的发祥地
42.我的中学岁月
43.年老的女人
44.梵高的向日葵
45.小溪里的鱼儿
46.写给洛加
47.假如我有一朵七色花
48.蒲公英
49.红樱桃
50.送别秦怡老师
51.手风琴
52.母亲的柔情
53.童年
54.致童年的小伙伴
55.在那条小路上
56.不管怎么样
57.山楂树之恋
58.维丽的咏叹调
59.当一株野花最好
60.充满疑惑
61.威尼斯的下午
62.写给我亲爱的朋友-凡谛
63.仰望星空
64.当我与你对视的时候
65.秋天
66.那一年他俩登上了山顶
67.爱，是默默的守候
68.当你数到七十
69.牵挂
70.一粒石子扔在河心
71.藏族奶奶的转经筒
72.那些和你在一起的日子
73.妈妈
74.我喜欢夏天
75.暮
76.冬天
77.将进酒
78.1988年夏天的瓦夏岛
79.马儿在想些什么呢
80.寻找我自己
81.春天欲望从花蕊涌出
82.小寒
83.希望
84.季节
85.阿尔的太阳
86.埃及（一）
87.埃及（二）
88.爱情
89.不要对我说再见
90.苏州河
91.龚滩·1969
92.海洋馆
93.荷花游
94.花咪咪
95.风从哪里吹来
96.让风儿轻轻地吹吧
97.时间（一）
98.时间（二）
99.雾
100.我要狠狠地吻你
101.樱花
102.永远的春天
103.昨日
104.站在星空下
105.听雨
106.雨天
107.月夜
108.十四岁的梦想
109.哦，丹尼
110.风儿吹过那条街道
111.点点心雨
112.春天和秋天
113.回转，像一个小孩！
几首英文诗及三首友人的诗
1.美丽的梦神
2.如果时光能够回转
3.回到那一个夏天
4.The Days When We Were Together
5.I Love You So
6.Where Is the Wind Coming From
答谢辞

FAQ

Does this book need to be read in order from beginning to end?

No. The three sections are divided by triggering medium and are independent, suitable for browsing. You can jump directly to the section that matches whether you have music or photographs at hand; or read a few poems a day, making reading a daily practice rather than a one-time task.

Can I understand these poems without a background in music or photography?

Yes. The poems are independent expressions of feeling; music and photography are only the starting points of writing, not prerequisites for understanding. You need not know the original music or image to read the emotion and imagery in them; if you happen to be familiar with the corresponding work, you gain an extra layer of intertextual pleasure.

How much space do the English poems and friends' poems take up?

According to the material, the main body of the book is 216 poems arranged in three sections, with three poems by friends and three English poems by the author at the end. They are more like an epilogue and a testament to exchange; they take up little space but let you see how writing flows between people.

Is this book suitable as a writing model?

It is suitable as a reference for improvisational writing. The author demonstrates how to quickly capture a feeling from a piece of music or a photograph and turn it into a short poem. You can imitate this "feel first, then write" approach; do not aim for completeness—write two or three lines first and fix the moment.

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About the author

刘明琼 Author

Liu Mingqiong is an author about whom limited public information is available, and what can be confirmed centers mainly on two works. According to the library's holdings, her writing spans the genres of documentary literature and modern poetry, with representative works titled Dreams and Sentiments and Love's Confession. The titles themselves reveal a clear emotional orientation: the former juxtaposes "dreams" with "sentiments," suggesting a blend of personal feeling and idealistic seeking within a documentary narrative, while the latter, with "confession" as its theme, carries the lyrical and monologic quality common to modern poetry. As her dates of birth and death, nationality, and detailed biography are unrecorded, a full account of her writing career is difficult to construct. Yet based on the existing works alone, Liu Mingqiong's writing shows a tendency to move between documentary and lyrical modes, with subject matter weighted toward inner experience and emotional expression, and a language that may combine plain narrative with poetic concision. For readers studying personal emotional writing in contemporary Chinese literature, these two works offer useful textual examples.