IN THE FLOATING WORLD By Lu Shan

IN THE FLOATING WORLD

By Lu Shan 

It's great to be in the sun again, basking on the balcony in winter. 

I'm drying my wife's sweater. The night's wind sways her shadow,

I feel like I have tasted the sweet life once again.

I just graduated from a sanatorium

with a PhD on the ways of the floating world.

First winter tidings, the snow is not far away. Maladies led

to a traffic accident with sleet everywhere.

The breeze kicks up dust at day’s end,

the evening trees close in on themselves.

A pot of baby daisies sit next to my medical chart,

like an alluring traditional doctor in her prime. 

About the poet:

Lu Shan, a young poet and critic, is a member of the Zhejiang Writers Association.

He has self-published the poetry collections Final Lust and At Thirty, as well as the critical collection Farewell, My Lyric Youth. He serves as chief editor of Wildfire Poetry Series and co-editor of New Lakeside Poetry Anthology, among others.

He is also one of the initiators of the Hangzhou-based cultural and public welfare groups Poetry Youth and New Lakeside.