The Gift

张玉霞Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House · ChinaNov 2024

Rating 2.9
Word count
26K words
Chapters
204
ISBN
9787550053311

Tags

Modern Poetry Love EntanglementsLove and MarriageReflections on LifeInner MonologueDaily ReflectionsWarm ExpressionLife WisdomSelf-GrowthEmotional PoetryFemale Perspective

Summary

Gifts is a poetry collection. Centered on emotion, the author radiates outward to her experience and reflections on life, love, and marriage. The collection is divided into three parts. Part One, "I Have a Branch of Plum," focuses on the author's thoughts on life.

These works are the author's reflections on daily life, incorporating her personal understanding of life's trivialities. Part Two, "Just Borrowed Someone's Name," mainly collects the author's works on love and marriage; the poems are emotionally rich, clearly structured, and graceful in language while rich in philosophical thought. Part Three, "Women," reveals the author's reflections on women's status and emotions through multiple female roles—as a woman, daughter, wife, mother, and obstetrician-gynecologist.

Editor's review

This is a poetry collection built around emotion, in which Zhang Yuxia disperses her personal reflections on life, love, and marriage across three parts, forming layers of feeling that move from within outward, from self to others. Part One approaches reflections on life through everyday trivialities, with a touch close to daily experience; Part Two focuses on love and marriage, with graceful language carrying philosophical thought and a relatively clear structure; Part Three takes women's multiple identities as its starting point, encompassing roles such as daughter, wife, mother, and even obstetrician-gynecologist, presenting a conscious examination of women's circumstances and emotions. The collection as a whole does not pursue grand narrative but excels in delicate feeling; it suits slow reading in quiet moments and also serves as a sample for readers of women's writing and contemporary poetry to observe a personalized lyrical path. For general readers, it offers not an increase in knowledge but an entry point for emotional resonance and life reflection.

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Reading tips

  1. Read in the order of the three parts: first the reflections on life, then love and marriage, and finally the chapters on women's roles.
  2. Reading three to five poems a day is enough; leave time to pause after the lines and appreciate the philosophical thought in the language.
  3. When something strikes a chord, jot down your feelings to form your own reading annotations.
  4. Part Three can be read in comparison with your own experiences or those of women around you, to understand the expression of multiple identities.

About the publisher

Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House China · Founded in 1990

Baihuazhou Literature and Art Publishing House is a professional literature and art publisher. Judging from the books in the database, its publishing focus is on foreign literature, world classics, prose and miscellaneous writings, and classic works, while also covering literary appreciation and cultural reading. Representative titles include The Painter of Modern Life, Jane Eyre, Six Chapters of a Floating Life, The Moon and Sixpence, Selected Prose of Ji Xianlin, A Sportsman's Sketches, and Collected Prose of Famous Masters, involving Chinese and foreign authors such as Charles Baudelaire, Charlotte Brontë, Shen Fu, and W. Somerset Maugham, as well as translators including Guo Hong'an, Chen Jinhui, Jing Xing, and Jiao Haili. Overall, the press emphasizes the introduction of classic texts and the compilation of prose works, presenting a publishing profile centered on literary reading and cultural accumulation. As public information is limited, other aspects are not elaborated here.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 作者简介
  3. 自序 诗歌从未放弃我
  4. 辑一 静心沉碧
  5. 我有一枝梅
  6. 路过人间
  7. 轻身术
  8. 守
  9. 我的花园
  10. 静心沉碧
  11. 杀周处
  12. 我的心是蔚蓝色的
  13. 立冬
  14. 美，在迁移
  15. 清空
  16. 守墓人
  17. 我要给你想要的生活
  18. 简单
  19. 出口
  20. 有一颗星星忽然醒了
  21. 一株莲
  22. 女王
  23. 就这样老去
  24. 幸福时光
  25. 羽毛堆砌的床帏
  26. 在秋天，摘一片红叶，做我的唇
  27. 她的心里盛开着一个小姑娘
  28. 静寂之花
  29. 在春天，我想为你念一首诗
  30. 做自己的小姑娘
  31. 我的爱是虚荣而奢侈的
  32. 青春的瞳仁映着诗的剪影
  33. 生活芜杂，而我内心纯美
  34. 舞
  35. 我愿意是潺湲的流水
  36. 白栀子
  37. 梅花烙
  38. 她把春天穿在身上
  39. 杨柳依依
  40. 绿
  41. 你来了
  42. 绿裙子
  43. 汲井人
  44. 不过是借了一个人的名字
  45. 悲欣交集
  46. 织妇
  47. 把今朝当作末日来爱
  48. 我需要的东西越来越少了
  49. 秘语
  50. 时光之外
  51. 辑二 沉吟一念间
  52. 爱和死亡拥有同样的特质
  53. 江南有棉
  54. 竹叶上停落了一只翠眉
  55. 安
  56. 白瓷调羹
  57. 真切的下一刻即面临虚妄
  58. 樱桃季
  59. 我们的爱情
  60. 你好吗
  61. 我是一朵夏荷
  62. 我只想
  63. 余生
  64. 温泉
  65. 礼物
  66. 安居
  67. 今天适合想念
  68. 我的婴孩
  69. 春天好
  70. 一炉香
  71. 灵异
  72. 今夜
  73. 秋叶长回树上
  74. 虚度的时光里盛着你的影子
  75. 沉吟一念间
  76. 倏然而至的气息
  77. 异蓝
  78. 一个人的雪
  79. 微凉
  80. 偕逃
  81. 让人沉溺的蓝
  82. 刹那
  83. 我想念
  84. 以诗之名
  85. 我们坐在田垄上
  86. 我的忧伤落进我的幽潭里
  87. 河流上跳舞的碎金
  88. 穿行体内的字
  89. 六月的爱恋
  90. 素描
  91. 山野有风
  92. 对白
  93. 你要走了
  94. 欲
  95. 我们爱着
  96. 雪无垠
  97. 一根白发
  98. 囚徒
  99. 给
  100. 爱情的灯盏
  101. 想去看看你
  102. 最美的爱
  103. 我可以如此爱你
  104. 珍珠耳坠
  105. 我们的蔷薇
  106. 归来
  107. 林间
  108. 我们相爱的时刻
  109. 收藏
  110. 念
  111. 我们是一本书的封面和封底
  112. 亲爱的人
  113. 请在我的书里安睡吧，我的药
  114. 祝愿
  115. 那个为我写诗的少年
  116. 爱到心安
  117. 辑三 明月光，满地霜
  118. 我终于失去了自己
  119. 又见紫藤花
  120. 逆生长
  121. 明月光，满地霜
  122. 影子
  123. 变
  124. 六月
  125. 我们——致风云霞客
  126. 没有银河的七夕
  127. 协奏曲
  128. 我病了
  129. 光鲜的生命
  130. 新娘
  131. 红翎鸟
  132. 初雪之恋
  133. 在春天
  134. 春日
  135. 和妈妈一起逛街
  136. 宠物
  137. 秋天的她们
  138. 疏影
  139. 镜里樱花
  140. 我的秋天住在他的春天里
  141. 父亲
  142. 落雪
  143. 下雪了
  144. 静夜无尘
  145. 牡丹
  146. 白玉兰
  147. 二月兰
  148. 嘘！宝宝在听雪
  149. 他们正在老去
  150. 饕餮
  151. 为我开花的友
  152. 这世上有爱
  153. 隐忍与坚守
  154. 生日快乐
  155. 随身携带后花园的女人
  156. 辑四 簌簌而歌
  157. 女人
  158. 十月
  159. 白莲花
  160. 他抱着母亲
  161. 魅影
  162. 野罂粟
  163. 红灯的心愿
  164. 辉映
  165. 被荒芜的女人
  166. 祭坛
  167. 活标本
  168. 簌簌而歌
  169. 最后的情人
  170. 红灯
  171. 瘾
  172. 最后一支舞
  173. 折翼天使
  174. 谜题
  175. 不要碰
  176. 我怕
  177. 秋天的田野
  178. 一只空杯
  179. 诗歌，请原谅我
  180. 栀子花开
  181. 谢幕
  182. 拐弯处
  183. 夜幕升起
  184. 生日
  185. 考试
  186. 时间
  187. 没有太阳的日子
  188. 一枝白荷
  189. 桃
  190. 轻与重
  191. 两岸
  192. 老冰箱
  193. 散落的纽扣
  194. 走
  195. 散了
  196. 城池
  197. 自由的存在
  198. 伶仃
  199. 镜子碎了
  200. 永远长不大的女儿
  201. 节制
  202. 红尘的爱恋不过花事一般
  203. 当下
  204. 就这样默默恋着

FAQ

What are the three parts of this poetry collection, and what does each cover? Part One, "I Have a Branch of Plum," covers the author's reflections on life and everyday experience; Part Two, "Just Borrowed Someone's Name," collects poems on love and marriage, emotionally rich with graceful language; Part Three, "Women," presents the author's reflections through multiple female roles such as daughter, wife, mother, and obstetrician-gynecologist.
Can someone without a poetry-reading habit get into it? Yes. The collection is short in form, with language that leans toward the everyday and emotional; there is no need to read it in order—flipping to one or two poems is enough to enter. It is suggested to start with the life reflections in Part One, which has a lower threshold, and then gradually move into the chapters on love, marriage, and women's themes.
Is it suitable as a gift for a friend? The title and content both revolve around emotion and life experience, with gentle themes, making it suitable for a friend who likes poetry or is in a stage of emotional reflection. But be sure the person is interested in lyric poetry, and avoid giving it to readers who prefer narrative works.

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About the author

张玉霞 Author

Zhang Yuxia: publicly available information about this author is currently limited. Only one work, Gifts (礼物), is known, and it is commonly classified as modern poetry. Based on the available information, her writing is primarily poetic, and no other genres or additional works have been recorded. Because details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, education, and creative experience remain unconfirmed, it is not possible to outline a complete biography or to determine her specific position and influence in the poetry world. Readers approaching Gifts may focus on the language, imagery, and emotional expression of the poems and understand them within the broader context of modern poetry. More background and subsequent works await further public information; no speculation is offered here.