Dangling

on a certain afternoon
I, on a sudden, actually smelt something like a rat
from the fifth collection of poetry
by a poet
I had been passionately in love with
on a certain afternoon a mass poetry magazine, just bought
was ripped to pieces by me
and a newspaper, known to all, that had just arrived
was carried by me to the toilet…

Dangling is a new 69 poem bilingual collection by an internationally recognised poet. Yang Xie has published his work in China, Australia, America and Vietnam. This new collection is gritty and visceral, and is translated by one of China’s foremost contemporary poets and well-known translators Ouyang Yu.