Chengru He

Chengru He 何琤茹 – bilingual poet and literary translator. She was born in Shanghai, China. Currently She is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. She writes and translates under the penname Siho Ho何羲和. She has published four books of translation. Among these poems 'Swing', 'Chorus' and 'Ferry' were published on 'People Say' (Issues 27& 28). These poems are written during 2004 – 2015. Some of the poems are written originally in English and some are in Chinese, later translated into English by the poet herself.

Poems of Chengru He

Gift The gift of today is eyes of the tree who dedicates to me a world slow and deep. Persimmons fall, autumn ends, the soil narrates a tale of time. Birds take off from the water, too hurried to bid farewells to a damp dream. A man walks out of the tent. His pipe was left at yesterday. Feet are invited into the soil. Wind baptizes memories.   Banquet The banquet is held at the tunnel underneath the bottom. The artisan sewed up a flute with moonlight fine and soft.…

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