Category: English poems
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Memories 回忆
The stars scattered across the sky,Are they lighthouses among the clouds?Reflecting memories in the flowing waters,Leaving behind a beautiful melancholy,For the solitary sail in the night. A strange poem drifts across the ocean.As stars fade away,The world loses its light.And thus the waves send off the solitary sail,Leaving behind a solitary person meditating for beauty.…
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Photos from the college life 大学的照片
Photo after photo,Carefully perused as graduation nears.How much time is captured in these albums!Before the photos, I’m filled with tears,While inside the photos, I’m filled with laughter and joy. Only in that small world,Can I forever spend time with friends,Forever laugh, forever be free,Forever enveloped in a warm glow of enthusiasm. Flipping through the album,…
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Fear of the night 黑夜恐惧症
Chaos reigns in every corner.Moonlight scatters,Leaving behind a stark darkness. The paths in London are too long.As I walk,I adjust to the time difference. Don’t ask me why.Every rustle of the wind, and every sway of the grass,Can freeze me in the road. 23 April 2024 in London 角落里尽是凌乱月光散尽留下的黑暗触目惊心 伦敦的小道太过漫长我一边行走一边调整着时差 别问我为什么每一个风吹草动都可以把我凝固在路上 2024年4月23日于伦敦
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Choosing the PhD programme 为了选校
The rivers thawedas I solidify beneath the mountains.Looking up, gazing far –Beauty lies on the other shore! I travelled there on a cluster of stars,But sacred brilliance suddenly melds into silence as I touch the ground.It was but a mirage!Now I finally understand: The beautiful shore,Is right under my feet,Yet beautiful imaginations,Will forever dwell on…
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The nights of London 最爱伦敦的夜晚
Memories fade in the twilight,Only the cobblestone pathsretain centuries of frozen imaginations. The nights of LondonAre sweet and melancholic like poetry.Silence is the most beautiful note here –Every breath I takeWill find an echo in the corner. 18 March 2024 in London 记忆终于在暮色里消退只有石板路，还记载着百年凝固的想象 伦敦的夜，像诗一样甜蜜而悲凉宁静是最美的音符——我的一呼一吸总能在角落里找到回响 2024年3月18日于伦敦
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No title 无题
The darkness before meIs filled with wandering lost souls,Praying in the centre of sorrowFor a dawn that will not come. The darkness before meTurns into endless insurmountable walls,Separating from yesterday’s nightmares,But sealing off the dawn of tomorrow. The darkness before meRoams your face and mine.Those faces are more than a mirror,They are an unbreakable spell.…
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Song on the branches 树枝上的歌声
The song on the branchesWakes me from dreams, intoxicates, permeates –Is this a preacher coming from afar?Everything suddenly turns sacred:The cabin transforms into the cathedral’s dome,Awaiting the miracle that bathes all in its light. The organ peals forth,Then suddenly stills. At the end of a minor key,The sun does not rise,Yet my sleeves are dotted…
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Longing for a vacation 好想放假
How much I hope for a vacation!Daylights keeps me silent,Nights leave me wandering and confused.Only the holidays are so gentle,Swaying away in the breeze,As if time itself were intoxicated. 23 February 2024 in London 好想放假！白昼让我沉寂，黑夜让我彷徨只有假期是那么温柔，在微风中摇曳，仿佛迷醉了时光 2024年2月23日于伦敦
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Rejection letters 拒信
Sleepwalkingthrough forgotten lands,Sleepwalking,past shattered lamps. Autumn leaves wither in the air,Falling into dark flowing water.What are those in the distance?They are silent and sleepless nights. 1 February 2024 in London, after multiple PhD rejection letters 梦游在遗忘的土地，梦游走过打碎的灯。 秋叶在空中枯萎坠入黑暗的流水在远方，在远方无言，彻夜难眠 2024年2月1日于伦敦，同时收到好几封PhD拒信以后
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No title 无题
The dawn at Cold Spring Harbor, I roam with you!I’m the ghost on this mountain road,my murmurs stir the darkened paths! 25 January 2024 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory 凌晨的冷泉港， 我在此漫游！我是这条山路上的幽灵，我的低吟凌乱黑色的走廊！ 2024年1月25日于冷泉港实验室
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No title 无题
The holiday feels like a torment.I walk alone on the empty street,Only shadows move with me, no one else. 22 December 2023 in London 假期如同煎熬。独自在空荡荡的街头行走，行走的却只有影子，没有人。 2023年12月22日于伦敦
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There is no rejection letter in the mailbox 邮箱没有拒信
In the early morning, I startle awake for you.In the late of night, I stay awake for you.Does your silence come from not understanding,Or from understanding too well? Your silenceis like the night of time,I endured the cold night with hopes,Yet the dawn never arrives. In the cycle of dark nights,I missed the moments of…
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The moon tonight is in the poem 今晚的月亮在诗中
The moon tonight is in the poem.The tide is rising,I raise my pole,Steering into the reflections of stars. 14 November 2023 in London 今晚的月亮在诗中涨潮了，我撑起长篙，驶进星星的倒影 2023年11月14日于伦敦
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No title 无题
I wish to dance with autumn leaves,Even if I am to wither alone in a corner.I shall willingly breathe in the dusk and lead away the stars,As long as I can dance with the north wind,As long as it is for the sake of freedom. 13 November 2023 in London 我愿与秋叶共舞，即使我将在角落独自凋零。我甘愿吸进黄昏，牵走星辰只要与北风共舞只要为了自由 2023年11月13日于伦敦
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Autumn night 秋夜随想
It is the autumn wind!Leaves weave illusions of fairy tales in its breath.The moon will not rise tonight,Only the flickering Milky Way will fill our dreams. Farewell,The countless stars strewn across the path.With one breeze, the world will lose the trace of time,And solitude will reign over the slumber of the universe! 31 October 2023…
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No title 无题
The cold, biting wind,Freezes laughter and song.Yet poetry wildly flourishes,Resonating over the frozen wasteland,Leading away greed and grudges,Transcending in silence. I am the messenger of poetry,Transforming the dawn’s thousand golden strands into beautiful praises.I will make sure that the smiling faces of freedom and peaceWill not be forgotten in this sscarred world. 14 October 2023…
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Autumn wind 秋风
I spent a night at the window,Smelling the autumn wind –Will I therefore become an autumn leaf,Carried away by the breeze? In the autumn wind,I scent the setting sun.That is a plump golden disc,Warming the golden farmland. And the autumn wind carries my familiar scents –The scents of my initial arrivals!And the scents of many…
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COVID isolation 新冠隔离
Black wavesWander through a dizzling and cold world.There is a chaotic mirage!In the mirage lies pleasure and relaxationIn the chaos I find freedom and ease. I become a night walker,My shadow goes silently at night.There is no path I tread.I wander around on the moon,And weave the dreams of countless beings. At last, the world…
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Western blot
In the membrane white-as-jade,Hides the deep secrets of life.Thousands of footprints left by the march of proteins,Leaving for you to unearth or forget. You carry your steadfast goal,With antibodies as your compass,Probing among the countless footprints,To find the only one that matches your thought. You do cycles of incubation and cycles of washes,Yet truth is…
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Night stroll 夜中漫步
Here I stand guard,From sunset to dawn.The night is always filled with elusive songs,Lingering on the edges of the grass. As the songs fade away at the borders,This continent slips away from the light.Everything becomes transparent,Here I exist in void. 29 August 2023, on a grass block at Rockefeller University 我在此镇守从日落到天明夜里总有迷离的歌在草地的边框上徘徊 在边框上走远了歌声这片大陆脱离了光一切变得透明我在此虚无 2023年8月19日于纽约洛克菲勒大学草地方块上
Runtian Wu 