Pause, by Sha Huang

Hidden Gold, by Shu Huang (China) 2021

停顿
长路中这短暂的停顿

林子深处有细碎的响动
松鼠正在为冬天储食
麋鹿抬起头
目光穿越树林交错攀延的影子
蜘蛛在静谧中编织
它的琴弦被空气的暗流拨动

暗影环抱我们
深沉，温柔：
两片依偎的叶子
被光的子弹击中

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Pause

A pause in a long walk

Rustling came from deep woods:
Squirrels were hiding food for the winter
A deer raised her head
gazing into interlacing branches
A spider weaved in silence
Hidden currents in air plucked the strings of his Mandolin

Shadows are holding us
Heavily, gently:
Two leaves leaning on each other
were penetrated by a bullet of light

​Sha Huang

Sha Huang grew up in China and received her PhD degree in the University of Iowa. Her poems appeared in many literary journals and anthologies in China, the U.S, and Europe, including The Ekphrastic Review, The Wild Word, Muddy Review Poetry Review, and Chinese and Western Poetry (中西诗歌). Her poems were nominated for Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net in 2021. In addition to writing poems, she also enjoys creating art. Her water color works were exhibited in Suzhou, China, Asheville, North Carolina, and Acworth and Kennesaw, Georgia. She currently teaches Chinese and Asian cultures at Kennesaw State University.