ORANGES By Zhou Sese

ORANGES 

By Zhou Sese

Far away in Hunan,

countless orange factories

hid among the dark green woods,

oranges rolling

from one end of the conveyor belt

to the kingdom of freedom— 

a continuous stream of 

new arrivals.

We climb onto the roof of the orange factory,

looking out at the distant orange groves,

fruit abounds

like plump hens. .

Crouching as I am on the hillside,

I want to taste their flesh, 

only then can I really drink the raindrops, sunlight

and the nectar of midnight's dew.

When our group left,

the oranges flew all over the sky,

shouting for joy,

we kept on looking back.

Those were happy moments two years ago.

About the poet:

Zhou Sese, male, a native of Hunan, is a contemporary poet, novelist, calligrapher-painter and documentary director. He currently lives in Beijing. He is Director of the Beijing Poetry Publishing Center at Baihuazhou Literature and Art Press, and a member of the China Writers Association. He has authored 13 poetry collections, including Under the Pine Tree, 17 Years: Selected Poems of Zhou Sese, Lishan, The Storm Is Coming, Rhinoceros, Moss, From García Márquez to Neruda and Fairy from the Sky. He has written 6 novels, such as Ambiguous Street, Apple and Crow in Zhongguancun. He also created the novel adaptation for the 30-episode TV series China Brothers Company, with a total writing volume of more than 5 million words.

His works have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Mongolian, Korean and other languages. His awards include the 2009 Top Ten Most Influential Poets in China, 2014 International Best Poet, 2015 Outstanding Chinese Poet, the 5th China Laurel Poetry Award in 2016, and the 2015–2016 Annual Poetry Award by Beijing Literature.