詩歌入門

　　This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-four titles published for 2017 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2017 is “Ancient Enmity”. IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. From 22–26 November 2017, over 20 invited poets from various countries will be in Hong Kong to read their works based on the theme “Ancient Enmity.” Included in the anthology and box set, these unique works are presented with Chinese and English translations in bilingual or trilingual formats.

I Cannot Myself   8
自己更不可以
 
Beginning   10
起點
 
Old Photographs   12
舊照片
 
I Forget to look   14
忘了看
 
Poetry for Beginners   18
詩歌入門
 
Give   22
供給
 
ID Photos   28
證照
 
A Prospect of Beauty and Unjustness   33
美麗與不公的風景
 
War Triptych: Silence, Glory, Love   39
戰爭三聯畫：安靜、光榮、愛
 
The Pen   43
筆
 
How Not to Stop   47
如何不停下來

作者簡介



嘉貝巴．巴德倫Gabeba Baderoon

　　嘉貝巴．巴德倫，詩人、學者。詩集The Dream in the Next Body（2005）是《週日獨立報》和《週日時報》推薦書籍。A Hundred Silences（2006）入選2007年約翰內斯堡大學詩歌以及2007年Olive Schreiner獎的決選名單。她的瑞典文詩集The Silence Before Speaking出版於2008年。另獲有Daimler Chrysler南非詩歌獎，取得Civitella Ranieri基金會以及北歐非洲研究所的獎學金，並曾於維瓦特斯蘭大學、斯特倫斯堡高等研究院任駐校作家。現於賓州州立大學任教女性研究、非洲研究等科目，並兼任斯特倫斯堡大學英文客座教授。她的下一本詩集名為Axis and Revolution。

　　(South Africa 南非)

　　Gabeba Baderoon is a poet and scholar. She is the author of three poetry collections, The Dream in the Next Body (2005), The Museum of Ordinary Life (2005) and A Hundred Silences (2006). A selected volume of her poetry translated into Swedish, The Silence Before Speaking, was published in 2008. The Dream in the Next Body was named a Notable Book by the Sunday Independent and was a Sunday Times Recommended Book. A Hundred Silences was a finalist for the 2007 University of Johannesburg Prize and the 2007 Olive Schreiner Award. Baderoon is the recipient of the Daimler Chrysler Award for South African Poetry, and has held fellowships at the Nordic Africa Institute and Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and Writer’s Residencies at the University of Witwatersrand and the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. She teaches Women’s Studies and African Studies at Pennsylvania State University, and is an Extraordinary Professor of English at Stellenbosch University. Her forthcoming collection is titled Axis and Revolution.